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Comment
. 2020 Sep 10;56(3):2002173.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.02173-2020. Print 2020 Sep.

Rationale and significance of patient selection in awake prone positioning for COVID-19 pneumonia

Ching-Feng Huang  1 , Chee Kiang Tay  2 , Ya-Fang Zhuang  1 , Jiaxuan Liu  2 , Duu Wen Sewa  2
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Comment

Rationale and significance of patient selection in awake prone positioning for COVID-19 pneumonia

Ching-Feng Huang et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

COVID-19 is increasingly recognised to manifest phenotypic diversity in clinical presentation, severity and trajectory. As such, treatment, e.g. awake prone positioning, should be personalised and guided by the primary pathophysiology and immunopathology. https://bit.ly/2ZneHlF

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: C.F. Huang has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Y.F. Zhuang has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J. Liu has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C.K. Tay has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: D.W. Sewa has nothing to disclose.

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