TY - JOUR
T1 - Prone Positioning in Non-Intubated Patients with COVID-19 Outside of the Intensive Care Unit
T2 - More Evidence Needed
AU - Ripoll-Gallardo, Alba
AU - Grillenzoni, Luca
AU - Bollon, Jordy
AU - Della Corte, Francesco
AU - Barone-Adesi, Francesco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2020.
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought the Italian National Health System to its knees. The abnormally high influx of patients, together with the limited resources available, has forced clinicians to make unprecedented decisions and provide compassionate treatments for which little or no evidence is yet available. This is the case for the use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and continuous airway pressure ventilation, combined with prone position in patients with COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome treated outside of intensive care units. In our article, we comment on the evidence available, so far, and provide a brief summary of data collected at our health institution in Piedmont, Italy.
AB - The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought the Italian National Health System to its knees. The abnormally high influx of patients, together with the limited resources available, has forced clinicians to make unprecedented decisions and provide compassionate treatments for which little or no evidence is yet available. This is the case for the use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and continuous airway pressure ventilation, combined with prone position in patients with COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome treated outside of intensive care units. In our article, we comment on the evidence available, so far, and provide a brief summary of data collected at our health institution in Piedmont, Italy.
KW - COVID-19
KW - continuous airway pressure ventilation
KW - noninvasive mechanical ventilation
KW - prone positioning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089287219&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/dmp.2020.267
DO - 10.1017/dmp.2020.267
M3 - Article
SN - 1935-7893
VL - 14
SP - E22-E24
JO - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
JF - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
IS - 4
ER -
