Awake prone positioning does not reduce the risk of intubation in COVID-19 treated with high-flow nasal oxygen therapy: a multicenter, adjusted cohort study

Awake prone positioning does not reduce the risk of intubation in COVID-19 treated with high-flow nasal oxygen therapy: a multicenter, adjusted cohort study

Abstract Background Awake prone positioning (awake-PP) in non-intubated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients could avoid endotracheal intubation, reduce the use of critical care resources, and improve survival. We aimed to examine whether the combination of high-flow nasal oxygen therapy (HF...

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Main Authors: Carlos Ferrando, Ricard Mellado-Artigas, Alfredo Gea, Egoitz Arruti, César Aldecoa, Ramón Adalia, Fernando Ramasco, Pablo Monedero, Emilio Maseda, Gonzalo Tamayo, María L. Hernández-Sanz, Jordi Mercadal, Ascensión Martín-Grande, Robert M. Kacmarek, Jesús Villar, Fernando Suárez-Sipmann, for the COVID-19 Spanish ICU Network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Critical Care
Subjects:
Acute respiratory failure
COVID-19
High-flow nasal oxygen therapy
Prone positioning
Mechanical ventilation
Critical care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-020-03314-6

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