Prone positioning for acute respiratory failure improved short term oxygenation but not survival

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Maureen Meade. Evid Based Nurs. 2002 Apr.

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. 2002 Apr;5(2):52.

doi: 10.1136/ebn.5.2.52.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Effect of prone positioning on the survival of patients with acute respiratory failure.
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