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November 10, 2009JAMA572 citationsOpen Access

Prone Positioning in Patients With Moderate and Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

PTPaolo TacconeFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoAPAntonio PesentiUniversité Paris-Panthéon-AssasRLRoberto LatiniHeart Failure & Transplant

Key Points

  • The aim is to evaluate the efficacy of prone positioning in improving respiratory function in patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  • Interventional study registered under NCT00159939
  • Focus on patients diagnosed with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • Assessment of respiratory function outcomes through various measurements.
  • Prone positioning significantly improved oxygenation levels compared to standard positioning
  • Reduced mortality rates were observed, indicating potential benefits for severe cases
  • Improvement in lung mechanics and a decrease in ventilatory requirements were recorded.

Abstract

clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00159939.

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Taccone et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69de9a67499d77a496b0c083https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1614
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