Prone Positioning for the ARDS Patient
- 1 July 1997
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
- Vol. 16 (4) , 184-193
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003465-199707000-00002
Abstract
Various strategies have been tested in attempts to improve gas exchange in patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). However, it appears that the simple non-invasive act of prone positioning of the critically ill ARDS patient may improve gas exchange while preventing potential complications of high positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP), volutrauma, and oxygen toxicity.Keywords
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