Introducing patients to an unfamiliar clinical intervention begins with providing the clinical evidence, standardized education and clear protocols for their healthcare team. That idea was one of the ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Among COVID-19 patients who undergo mechanical ventilation, lying in the prone position has been ...

A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association showed that the prone (face-down) posture did not ...

A majority of critically ill patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) develops acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), needs mechanical ventilation for prolonged time, and exhibits high ...

Awake prone positioning is a well-established non-pharmacological intervention to improve lung oxygenation. During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this process has received ...

Lying facedown on your stomach is described as being in the prone position. This position is often used to help patients who are experiencing respiratory distress. Since the coronavirus pandemic began ...

Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

A six country clinical study of more than 1,100 hospitalized COVID-19 patients who required high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy suggests that prone positioning (rotating patients with severe ...

Prone positioning improves oxygenation and decreases mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). 1 This print supplement to the video reviews the procedure for placing ...

Placing a baby on their stomach in the prone position can help them breathe more comfortably. With the chest facing down and ...

Prone positioning of infants on high-flow nasal cannula oxygen support for bronchiolitis didn't significantly reduce risk of ...