Retrospective single center study on the effect of awake prone positioning in ICUpatients with severe hypoxemia related to SARS-COV2
Retrospective, observational study on the effects of awake prone positioning on
oxygenation, invasive mechanical ventilation requirement and mortality in non intubation
patients with severe hypoxemia related to SARS-COV2 and regardeless of the oxygen
supplementation method.
Procedure: Prone positioning
Prone positioning sessions: at least one session per day proning duration: 2 hours at
least per session
Inclusion Criteria:
- All adult (> 18 years) patients, non intubated, with acute respiratory failure due
to COVID-19 pulmonary infection
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients: hemodynamic instability and high doses of vasopressors
- patients with contraindications of prone positioning: pregnancy, recent abdominal
surgery
- patients with pulmonay embolism
- patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation for extra respiratory reasons:
neurological failure, urgent surgery
Mongi Slim hospital
Tunis, Tunisia
Not Provided