Prone during pandemic: development and implementation of a quality-based protocol for proning severe COVID-19 hypoxic lung failure patients in situationally or historically low resource hospitals

Prone during pandemic: development and implementation of a quality-based protocol for proning severe COVID-19 hypoxic lung failure patients in situationally or historically low resource hospitals

Abstract Background Intermittent Prone Positioning (IPP) for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) decreases mortality. We present a program for IPP using expedient materials for settings of significant limitations in both overwhelmed established ICUs and particularly in low- and middle-income...

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Main Authors: Alfredo J. Astua, Eli K. Michaels, Andrew J. Michaels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
COVID-19
SARS CoV-2
Proning
Prone positioning
High reliability organization (HRO)
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01401-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01401-0

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