Prone Ventilation—It's Time
Open Access
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Vol. 27 (2) , 194-201
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057x9902700213
Abstract
Prone positioning to improve oxygenation in acute lung injury was first reported over 20 years ago. Although this and several subsequent studies have shown that prone positioning improved oxygenation in the majority of patients, it has failed to become common practice in intensive care units. This paper reviews the mechanism by which prone positioning improves oxygenation and the clinical studies of its use to date.Keywords
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