Two new reports offer conflicting data about the proper use of prone positioning -- a belly-down approach to improve respiration -- in hospitalized, non-intubated patients with COVID-19. One study, ...

In nonintubated patients with COVID-related hypoxemic respiratory failure, daily awake prone positioning (APP) for 6 hours showed a more than 90% probability of reducing intubation and/or death ...

Awake prone positioning is a well-established non-pharmacological intervention to improve lung oxygenation. During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this process has received ...

COVID-19 patients' pressure injuries were reduced substantially by adding a wound and skin care nurse to the prone-positioning team, study reveals. Adding a certified wound and skin care nurse to a ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, 44.2% in prone position and 44% in supine position ...

Breast radiotherapy in the prone position is less toxic versus the supine position in women with large breast size, according to a phase III randomized trial. Among 357 patients, those treated in the ...

To establish whether percutaneous ultrasound-guided renal biopsy can be carried out in the supine anterolateral position (SALP) in obese patients, and to compare the safety and efficacy of renal ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Among COVID-19 patients who undergo mechanical ventilation, lying in the prone position has been ...