ArticleFrontiers in medicine2021
Effects of Prone Positioning on Respiratory Mechanics and Oxygenation in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 Requiring Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
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- Definition and prognostic value of response to prone positioning in ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Prone positioning during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Intensive care medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of prone positioning in adult patients receiving veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Evolution of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Emergency and Critical Care: Therapeutic Management before and during the Pandemic Situation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Mechanical Power as a Predictor of Outcomes During Mechanical Ventilation in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): An Updated Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
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- Expert consensus statement on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO for COVID-19 severe ARDS: an international Delphi study.Annals of intensive care · 2023Article
- Mechanical Power in Prone Position Intubated Patients with COVID-19-Related ARDS: A Cohort Study.Critical care research and practice · 2023Article
- Post-COVID changes in lung function 6 months after veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a prospective observational clinical trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Prone positioning in ARDS patients supported with VV ECMO, what we should explore?Journal of intensive care · 2022Review
- COVID-19-Related ARDS: Key Mechanistic Features and Treatments.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Severe pediatric Mycoplasma pneumonia as the cause of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage requiring veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A case report.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe effect of prone positioning (PP) on respiratory mechanics remains uncertain in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO).
methodsWe prospectively analyzed the effects of PP on respiratory mechanics from continuous data with over a thousand time points during 16-h PP sessions in patients with COVID-19 and ARDS under VV-ECMO conditions. The evolution of respiratory mechanical and oxygenation parameters during the PP sessions was evaluated by dividing each PP session into four time quartiles: first quartile: 0-4 h, second quartile: 4-8 h, third quartile: 8-12 h, and fourth quartile: 12-16 h.
resultsOverall, 38 PP sessions were performed in 10 patients, with 3 [2-5] PP sessions per patient. Seven (70%) patients were responders to at least one PP session. PP significantly increased the PaO
conclusionsIn patients with COVID-19 and severe ARDS, PP under VV-ECMO conditions improved the respiratory mechanical and oxygenation parameters, and the effects of PP on respiratory mechanics persisted after supine repositioning.
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