Although placing patients with acute respiratory failure in a prone (face down) position improves their oxygenation 60 to 70 percent of the time, the effect on survival is not known.
Effect of prone positioning on the survival of patients with acute respiratory failure / L. Gattinoni, G. Tognoni, A. Pesenti, P. Taccone, D. Mascheroni, V. Labarta, R. Malacrida, P. Di Giulio, R. Fumagalli, P. Pelosi, L. Brazzi, R. Latini. - In: THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. - ISSN 0028-4793. - 345:8(2001 Aug 23), pp. 568-73-573. [10.1056/NEJMoa010043]
Effect of prone positioning on the survival of patients with acute respiratory failure
L. Gattinoni;A. Pesenti;L. Brazzi;
2001
Abstract
Although placing patients with acute respiratory failure in a prone (face down) position improves their oxygenation 60 to 70 percent of the time, the effect on survival is not known.File in questo prodotto:
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