Search Tag: supine positioning
2023 22 Aug
A study aimed to improve understanding of the impact of the awake prone position on the breathing patterns of patients with low oxygen levels. The researchers carried out a crossover trial examining how awake prone position use in patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure affected their physiological responses. The study involved...Read more
2018 13 Jun
An article in the journal Anesthesiology describes the effects of prone positioning on oesophageal pressures in mechanically ventilated patients. In healthy patients during general anaesthesia, switching from the supine to the prone position was associated with an increase in end-expiratory transpulmonary (distending) pressure and lung volume,...Read more