Awake Prone Positioning in COVID-19 Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: Exploratory Findings in a Single-center Retrospective Cohort Study.

Eduardo Messias Hirano PadrãoFernando S ValenteBruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro BesenHassan RahhalPaula S MesquitaJulio Cesar Garcia de AlencarMillena G P da CostaAnnelise P B WanderleyDebora L EmerencianoFelipe M BortoletoJulio C L FortesBruno MarquesStefany F B de SouzaJúlio F M MarchiniRodrigo A B NetoHeraldo P de Souzanull null

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)

Awake prone positioning was not associated with lower intubation rates. Caution is necessary before widespread adoption of this technique, pending results of clinical trials.

Keyphrases

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