Placing hospitalized COVID-19 patients on their stomach is helpful if they're on a mechanical ventilator, but a new study suggests it's not a good idea for patients who are not intubated. "Awake" ...

Oxygenation improved in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 with severe hypoxemic respiratory failure when they were placed in the prone position, a small study in New York City found. One hour after ...

Proned patients stay on their stomach for 16 hours and on their back for eight. Posters identifying patients as part of UMMC's COVID-19 clinical trials dot windows of rooms. Health care workers scour ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Patients intubated for COVID-19 were less likely to die ...

VENTILATORS INTO PRONE POSITIONS. >> NOW WE WILL MOVE THE PATIENT AWAY FROM THE VENTILATOR, SLIDING HIM TOWARDS THE END OF THE BED. REPORTER: THESE FRONT-LINE WORKERS ARE DEMONSTRATING HOW TO GET A ...

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 ...

Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

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 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Awake prone positioning early after hospital admission ...