Prone Positioning in Awake, Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19 Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

Alison E Thompson; Benjamin L Ranard; Ying Wei; Sanja Jelic

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3030

Prone Positioning in Awake, Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19 Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Nov 1;180(11):1537-1539. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3030.

Authors

Alison E Thompson¹, Benjamin L Ranard¹, Ying Wei², Sanja Jelic¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
² Division of Biostatistics, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.

Abstract

This cohort study investigates whether the prone position is associated with improved oxygenation and decreased risk for intubation in spontaneously breathing patients with severe COVID-19 hypoxemic respiratory failure.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / therapy
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Male
New York City / epidemiology
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Oximetry* / methods
Oximetry* / statistics & numerical data
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy* / methods
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy* / statistics & numerical data
Oxyhemoglobins / analysis*
Patient Positioning / methods
Prone Position / physiology*
Respiration, Artificial / methods
Respiration, Artificial / statistics & numerical data
Respiratory Insufficiency* / blood
Respiratory Insufficiency* / etiology
Respiratory Insufficiency* / physiopathology
Respiratory Insufficiency* / therapy
SARS-CoV-2
Wakefulness

Substances

Oxyhemoglobins

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding