Prone Positioning of Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Related to COVID-19: A Rehabilitation-Based Prone Team
Author(s) -
Jillian A Ng,
Lauren A. Miccile,
Christine Iracheta,
Carolyn Berndt,
Meredith Detwiller,
Carolyn Yuse,
Joseph Tolland
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.1093/ptj/pzaa124
Subject(s) - prone position , rehabilitation , ards , medicine , intervention (counseling) , multidisciplinary approach , intensive care unit , nursing , medical emergency , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , surgery , social science , lung , sociology
Prone positioning is an effective intervention for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). An increasing number of patients with ARDS related to coronavirus disease 2019 require prone positioning, which poses a challenge to the intensive care unit staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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