The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) has brought the Italian National Health System to its knees. The abnormally high influx of patients, together with the limited resources available, have 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 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.
Prone Positioning in Non-intubated Patients with COVID-19 Outside the Intensive Care Unit: More Evidence Needed
Grillenzoni L.;Bollon J.;Della Corte F.;Barone Adesi F.
2020-01-01
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) has brought the Italian National Health System to its knees. The abnormally high influx of patients, together with the limited resources available, have 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 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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
