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Editorial
. 2018 Jun;10(Suppl 17):S2079-S2082.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.157.

Prone Positioning for ARDS: still misunderstood and misused

Francesco Pugliese  1 , Cristina Babetto  2 , Francesco Alessandri  2 , Vito Marco Ranieri  2
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Editorial

Prone Positioning for ARDS: still misunderstood and misused

Francesco Pugliese et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Jun.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • A prospective international observational prevalence study on prone positioning of ARDS patients: the APRONET (ARDS Prone Position Network) study.
    Guérin C, Beuret P, Constantin JM, Bellani G, Garcia-Olivares P, Roca O, Meertens JH, Maia PA, Becher T, Peterson J, Larsson A, Gurjar M, Hajjej Z, Kovari F, Assiri AH, Mainas E, Hasan MS, Morocho-Tutillo DR, Baboi L, Chrétien JM, François G, Ayzac L, Chen L, Brochard L, Mercat A; investigators of the APRONET Study Group, the REVA Network, the Réseau recherche de la Société Française d’Anesthésie-Réanimation (SFAR-recherche) and the ESICM Trials Group. Guérin C, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Jan;44(1):22-37. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4996-5. Epub 2017 Dec 7. Intensive Care Med. 2018. PMID: 29218379

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