Conscious Proning: An Introduction of a Proning Protocol for Nonintubated, Awake, Hypoxic Emergency Department COVID-19 Patients.
Acad Emerg Med
; 27(7): 566-569, 2020 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-682398
ABSTRACT
The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, has rapidly become a global pandemic. A major cause of morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 has been the worsening hypoxia that, if untreated, can progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and respiratory failure. Past work has found that intubated patients with ARDS experience physiological benefits to the prone position, because it promotes better matching of pulmonary perfusion to ventilation, improved secretion clearance, and recruitment of dependent areas of the lungs. We created a systemwide multi-institutional (New York-Presbyterian Hospital enterprise) protocol for placing awake, nonintubated, emergency department patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 in the prone position. In this piece, we describe the background literature and the approach we have taken at our institution as we care for a high burden of COVID-19 cases with respiratory symptoms.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Wakefulness
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Coronavirus Infections
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Consciousness
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Acad Emerg Med
Journal subject:
Emergency Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Acem.14035
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