Patients with COVID-19 may experience hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure (hARF) requiring O2-therapy by High-Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNO). Although Prone Positioning (PP) may improve oxygenation in COVID-19 non-intubated patients, the results on its clinical efficacy are controversial. The present study aims to prospectively investigate whether PP may reduce the need for endotracheal intubation (ETI) in patients with COVID-19 receiving HFNO.

Prone Positioning Is Safe and May Reduce the Rate of Intubation in Selected COVID-19 Patients Receiving High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy

Vianello, Andrea;Turrin, Martina;Guarnieri, Gabriella;Molena, Beatrice;Turato, Cristian;Lionello, Federico;Masiero, Stefano;Giraudo, Chiara;Navalesi, Paolo
2021

Abstract

Patients with COVID-19 may experience hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure (hARF) requiring O2-therapy by High-Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNO). Although Prone Positioning (PP) may improve oxygenation in COVID-19 non-intubated patients, the results on its clinical efficacy are controversial. The present study aims to prospectively investigate whether PP may reduce the need for endotracheal intubation (ETI) in patients with COVID-19 receiving HFNO.
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