Prone Position Effects in the Treatment of Covid-19 Patients

Prone Position Effects in the Treatment of Covid-19 Patients

Farzad Rahmani, Shiva Salmasi, Parisa Rezaeifar

Prone positioning is a conventional method to enhance oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) patients who need mechanical ventilator . It is proven that oxygenation is significantly more beneficial in prone position compared to the supine position. Furthermore, numerous evidences have confirmed that prone positioning could prevent lung injuries caused by ventilators

2020

covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, prone position

Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine

Babol University of Medical Sciences

Internal medicine