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ArticleCritical care (London, England)2022

Prevalence and impact of early prone position on 30-day mortality in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19: a nationwide cohort study.

Lars Engerström, Johan Thermaenius, Johan Mårtensson, Anders Oldner, Johan Petersson, Jessica Kåhlin, Emma Larsson

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Article in Critical care (London, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Lars EngerströmDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden.
Johan ThermaeniusDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Johan MårtenssonDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anders OldnerDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Johan PeterssonDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jessica Kåhlin *Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Emma Larsson *The Swedish Intensive Care Registry, Region Värmland, Sweden. emma.larsson@ki.se.
Karolinska Institutet · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SELinköping University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCOVID-19 ARDS shares features with non-COVID ARDS but also demonstrates distinct physiological differences. Despite a lack of strong evidence, prone positioning has been advocated as a key therapy for COVID-19 ARDS. The effects of prone position in critically ill patients with COVID-19 are not fully understood, nor is the optimal time of initiation defined. In this nationwide cohort study, we aimed to investigate the association between early initiation of prone position and mortality in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients with low oxygenation on ICU admission.

methodsUsing the Swedish Intensive Care Registry (SIR), all Swedish ICU patients ≥ 18 years of age with COVID-19 admitted between March 2020, and April 2021 were identified. A study-population of patients with PaO

resultsThe total study cohort included 6350 ICU patients with COVID-19, of whom 46.4% were treated with prone position ventilation. Overall, 30-day mortality was 24.3%. In the study-population of 1714 patients with lower admission oxygenation (PaO

conclusionsDuring the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost half of the patients in Sweden were treated with prone position ventilation. We found no association between early use of prone positioning and survival in patients on mechanical ventilation with severe hypoxemia on ICU admission. To fully elucidate the effect and timing of prone position ventilation in critically ill patients with COVID-19 further studies are desirable.

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COVID-19Respiratory Distress SyndromeCohort StudiesCritical IllnessHumansPandemicsPrevalenceProne PositionRespiration, ArtificialARDSCOVID-19Critical illnessMortalityOutcomeProne positionVentilation

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