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Prone Positioning in a North American Cohort of Hypoxemic Patients on Mechanical Ventilation

2025-09-05 intensive care and critical care medicine Title + abstract only
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ObjectiveUse of prone positioning increased among mechanically ventilated patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is unknown whether implementation of this life-saving intervention was sustained. Thus, we aimed to evaluate peri-pandemic trends in proning use. DesignWe conducted a retrospective cohort study of proning use among mechanically ventilated adults, with proning rates compared across pre-pandemic (1/2018-2/2020), pandemic (3/2020-2/2022), and post-pandemic (3/2022-12/2024) period...

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