Efficacy of prone position in acute respiratory distress syndrome: overview of systematic reviews

Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify and integrate the available scientific evidence related to the use of the prone position in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome for the reduction of the outcome variable of mortality compared to the dorsal decubitus position. METHOD Overview of systemat...

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Main Authors: Michel Marcos Dalmedico, Dafne Salas, Andrey Maciel de Oliveira, Fátima Denise Padilha Baran, Jéssica Tereza Meardi, Michelle Caroline Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2017-10-01
Series:Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342017000100802&lng=en&tlng=en