Tag: Proning

REBEL Cast Ep110: The COVI-PRONE Trial – Awake Prone Positioning and COVID-19

by Salim Rezaie posted June 20, 2022 No Comments

Background: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians were looking for practical, widely available, and low-cost interventions to help patients with hypoxemia. One of those interventions was awake prone positioning. Potential mechanisms of benefit in awake proning include more uniform distribution …

Infectious DiseaseThoracic and Respiratory

Therapy Options in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

by Mark Ramzy posted August 3, 2020 No Comments

Background Information: The care and management of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is complex and follows an inciting injury to the lungs. This constellation of symptoms is characterized by hypoxemia, diffuse lung inflammation, decreased lung compliance and noncardiogenic …

Thoracic and Respiratory