Early Self-Proning in Awake, Non-intubated Patients in the Emergency Department: A Single ED's Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Nicholas D CaputoReuben J StrayerRichard Levitan

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

Awake early self-proning in the emergency department demonstrated improved oxygen saturation in our COVID-19 positive patients. Further studies are needed to support causality and determine the effect of proning on disease severity and mortality.

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