Search Tag: non-intubated

ICU Management

Awake-prone-positioning-for-non-intubated-covid-19-patients

2022 22 Mar

Prone positioning can improve oxygenation and mortality for intubated patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Prone positioning of non-intubated patients called awake prone positioning has been used for non-intubated patients with COVID-19 related acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure. It has been proven to improve...Read more

ICU Management

Prone-positioning-in-non-intubated-covid-19-patients

2020 25 Jun

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented stress on health care institutions everywhere. Among other interventions, researchers and physicians have been trying to reevaluate the use of mechanical ventilation. The rise of social media has accelerated the spread of biased information about therapies that have not been peer-reviewed and have little...Read more

ICU Management

Is-covid-19-pneumonia-ards-or-not

2020 18 Apr

COVID-19 pneumonia meets the ARDS Berlin definition. However, it is a specific disease with peculiar phenotypes. The primary characteristic is the dissociation between the severity of the hypoxaemia and the maintenance of respiratory mechanics. Patients with respiratory compliance that is lower or higher than the median value experience severe hypoxaemia. ...Read more