Although prone position is widely used in awake patients with COVID-19 associated with supplemental oxygenation, high flow nasal catheter, or noninvasive ventilation, few studies are attesting to its real benefits on physiological variables or intubation rate. Awake patients dependent on supplemental oxygen may have different responses to PP about peripheral oxygen saturation, heart rate, and respiratory rate. Such responses may be permanent, transient, or even absent. We believe that the response to PP can be a predictor of the need for admission to the ICU. This study aimed to evaluate the acute effects of different types of response to the prone position in patients awake with COVID-19.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
32
The prone position in awake patients consists of asking the patient to voluntarily change to prone position, in a swimmer's posture
Luciano M Chicayban
Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ICU admission rate
The criteria defined for admission to the ICU included maintenance of SpO2 below 90% with oxygen flow at 15 L / min, RF greater than 30 incursions per minute, reduced level of consciousness, or clinical signs of persistent increase in respiratory work, such as paradoxical ventilatory pattern.
Time frame: Patients were followed up for up to 15 days of hospitalization.
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