Lying facedown on your stomach is described as being in the prone position. This position is often used to help patients who are experiencing respiratory distress. Since the coronavirus pandemic began ...

Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

BOSTON (CBS/CNN) -- Doctors are finding that placing the sickest coronavirus patients on their stomachs -- called prone positioning - helps increase the amount of oxygen that's getting to their lungs.

Awake prone positioning is a well-established non-pharmacological intervention to improve lung oxygenation. During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this process has received ...

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—These investigators identified predictors of 60-day survival in patients with influenza pneumonia-related ARDS receiving prone positioning during mechanical ventilation. Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD ...