Effect of prone positioning in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and high Simplified Acute Physiology Score II

Effect of prone positioning in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and high Simplified Acute Physiology Score II.

Prone positioning in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Prone positioning is a technique used to treat patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Nurses are ideally placed to initiate and manage prone positioning. This article examines the aetiology of ARDS and how nurses can identify this condition. Patient groups that benefit most from prone positioning are considered as well as the research evidence on the use of prone positioning ...

Comparison of prone positioning and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

OBJECTIVE Both prone position and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) have the potential to facilitate lung recruitment, and their combined use could thus be synergetic on gas exchange. Keeping the lung open could also potentially be lung protective. The aim of this study was to compare physiologic and proinflammatory effects of HFOV, prone positioning, or their combination in severe ...

Effect of prone positioning in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE To review the effectiveness of prone position as compared with supine position, with respect to mortality, improvement in oxygenation, number of days on mechanical ventilation, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. DATA SOURCE PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane database, and a manual review of article bibliographies. STUDY SELECTION Randomized controlled trials comparing > or = 6 hrs of pron...

Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Claude Guérin, M.D., Ph.D., Jean Reignier, M.D., Ph.D., Jean-Christophe Richard, M.D., Ph.D., Pascal Beuret, M.D., Arnaud Gacouin, M.D., Thierry Boulain, M.D., Emmanuelle Mercier, M.D., Michel Badet, M.D., Alain Mercat, M.D., Ph.D., Olivier Baudin, M.D., Marc Clavel, M.D., Delphine Chatellier, M.D., Samir Jaber, M.D., Ph.D., Sylvène Rosselli, M.D., Jordi Mancebo, M.D., Ph.D., Michel Sirodot, M....