A large multicenter, randomized clinical trial revealed no difference in the risk of endotracheal intubation requirement at 30 days between awake prone positioning and standard positioning for ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Prone positioning significantly reduced the need for intubation among nonintubated adults with ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Among COVID-19 patients who undergo mechanical ventilation, lying in the prone position has been ...

Awake prone positioning is a well-established non-pharmacological intervention to improve lung oxygenation. During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this process has received ...

The addition of a certified wound and skin care nurse to a multiprofessional prone-positioning team at Penn Medicine Princeton Health significantly reduced the odds of patients with COVID-19 ...

A six country clinical study of more than 1,100 hospitalized COVID-19 patients who required high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy suggests that prone positioning (rotating patients with severe ...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses released standardized guidelines to assist nurses in caring for patients undergoing prone positioning therapy, according to a May 16 practice alert. In ...

COVID-19 patients' pressure injuries were reduced substantially by adding a wound and skin care nurse to the prone-positioning team, study reveals. Adding a certified wound and skin care nurse to a ...

Lying facedown on your stomach is described as being in the prone position. This position is often used to help patients who are experiencing respiratory distress. Since the coronavirus pandemic began ...

Prone position is commonly used in orthopaedic and neurosurgical procedures. Although there is high risk of systemic complications, 1 ocular complications are relatively rare. We present here a case ...

—These investigators identified predictors of 60-day survival in patients with influenza pneumonia-related ARDS receiving prone positioning during mechanical ventilation. Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD ...