Prone ventilation reduces mortality in patients with acute respiratory failure and severe hypoxemia: systematic review and meta-analysis
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- 4 February 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 36 (4) , 585-599
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-009-1748-1
Abstract
Prone position ventilation for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) improves oxygenation but not survival, except possibly when AHRF is severe.Keywords
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