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. 2020 May;8(9):598.
doi: 10.21037/atm-20-3005.

Prone positioning in high-flow nasal cannula for COVID-19 patients with severe hypoxemia: a pilot study

Guo-Wei Tu  1 , You-Xia Liao  2 , Qing-Yun Li  3 , Hui Dong  2 , Lu-Yu Yang  2 , Xiao-Yun Zhang  4 , Shou-Zhi Fu  2 , Rui-Lan Wang  5
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Prone positioning in high-flow nasal cannula for COVID-19 patients with severe hypoxemia: a pilot study

Guo-Wei Tu et al. Ann Transl Med. 2020 May.
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/atm-20-3005). GWT serves as an unpaid Section Editor of Annals of Translational Medicine from Oct 2019 to Sep 2020. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Comparison of SaO2, PaO2, PaCO2 and PH before and after prone positioning.
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