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Use of Prone Positioning in Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19 and Hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure

2020; American Medical Association; Volume: 323; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.2020.8255

1538-3598

Xavier Elharrar, Youssef Trigui, A.M. Dols, François Touchon, Stéphanie Martinez, Eloi Prud’Homme, Laurent Papazian,

Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema

This case series describes the proportion of awake, nonintubated inpatients with COVID-19 and hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring oxygen supplementation whose Pao2 increased ≥20% with prone positioning, and their respiratory status after resuming supine positioning.