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Editorial
. 2020 Oct;125(4):440-443.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.06.003. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

Prone positioning in COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: just do it?

Bairbre McNicholas  1 , David Cosgrave  1 , Camilla Giacomini  2 , Aoife Brennan  1 , John G Laffey  3
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Editorial

Prone positioning in COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: just do it?

Bairbre McNicholas et al. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; acute respiratory distress syndrome; mechanical ventilation; multicentre clinical trial; prone positioning; respiratory failure.

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