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. 2020 Aug 15;202(4):604-606.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202004-1331LE.

Prone Positioning of Nonintubated Patients with COVID-19

Mahendra Damarla  1 , Sandra Zaeh  1 , Shannon Niedermeyer  1 , Samantha Merck  1 , Ashwini Niranjan-Azadi  1 , Bryan Broderick  1 , Naresh Punjabi  1
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Prone Positioning of Nonintubated Patients with COVID-19

Mahendra Damarla et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Oxygen saturations before prone positioning and 1 hour after prone positioning of individual patients. Solid symbols represent patients that required intubation. The P value was determined by using the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test. LNC = liters of nasal cannula; RA = room air; yoF = year-old female; yoM = year-old male.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Respiratory rate before prone positioning and 1 hour after prone positioning of individual patients. Solid symbols represent patients who required intubation. The P value was determined by using the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test.
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