Beneficial effect of awake prone position in hypoxaemic patients with COVID‐19: case reports and literature review

Beneficial effect of awake prone position in hypoxaemic patients with COVID‐19: case reports and literature review

We hereby present two case reports of moderate coronavirus disease patients, suffering from profound hypoxaemia, further deteriorating later on. A schedule pre‐planned awake prone position manoeuvres were executed during their hospital stay. Following this, the patients' saturation improved, la...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal medicine journal 2020-08, Vol.50 (8), p.997-1000
Hauptverfasser: Cohen, Dor, Wasserstrum, Yishay, Segev, Amitai, Avaky, Chen, Negru, Liat, Turpashvili, Natia, Anani, Sapir, Zilber, Eyal, Lasman, Nir, Athamna, Ahlam, Segal, Omer, Shenhav‐Saltzman, Gilat, Segal, Gad
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
awake
Brief Communication
Brief Communications
Case reports
coronavirus
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - complications
COVID-19 - etiology
Female
Humans
hypoxaemia respiratory failure
Hypoxia - therapy
Literature reviews
Male
Middle Aged
pandemic
Pandemics
Patient Positioning
Prone Position
Wakefulness
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Zusammenfassung:We hereby present two case reports of moderate coronavirus disease patients, suffering from profound hypoxaemia, further deteriorating later on. A schedule pre‐planned awake prone position manoeuvres were executed during their hospital stay. Following this, the patients' saturation improved, later to be weaned from oxygen support. Paucity of evidence and data regarding this topic led us to review the concept of awake prone position.
ISSN:1444-0903
1445-5994
DOI:10.1111/imj.14926