key: cord-301148-duttw9xn
authors: Golestanieraghi, Majid; Mahmoodpoor, Ata
title: Early application of prone position for management of Covid-19 patients
date: 2020-05-26
journal: J Clin Anesth
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109917
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doc_id: 301148
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J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f actually considered as a rescue maneuver. We had 10 cases of COVID-19 patients with hypoxemia (PaO 2 /FiO 2 <150) which were awake and non-agitated. Beside standard therapeutic intervention, oxygenation was performed with helmet (NIV) in head elevation position with the target SpO 2 of 90-94%. After obtaining the approval of ethics committee, informed consent was taken from the patients or their next of kin. We explained about PP to our patients and then turned them to PP till they felt comfort; otherwise, they were turned to supine position for almost 2 hours and thereafter we did the procedure repeatedly. As 

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