Prone positioning in non-intubated patients with COVID-19: raising the bar

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¹ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada; Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System/University Health Network, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada. Electronic address: laveena.munshi@sinaihealth.ca.
² Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada.
³ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada; Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System/University Health Network, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada.

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Laveena Munshi et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;8(8):744-745.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30269-1. Epub 2020 Jun 19.

¹ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada; Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System/University Health Network, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada. Electronic address: laveena.munshi@sinaihealth.ca.
² Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada.
³ Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada; Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System/University Health Network, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada.

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Feasibility and physiological effects of prone positioning in non-intubated patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 (PRON-COVID): a prospective cohort study.
Coppo A, Bellani G, Winterton D, Di Pierro M, Soria A, Faverio P, Cairo M, Mori S, Messinesi G, Contro E, Bonfanti P, Benini A, Valsecchi MG, Antolini L, Foti G. Coppo A, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Aug;8(8):765-774. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30268-X. Epub 2020 Jun 19. Lancet Respir Med. 2020. PMID: 32569585 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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