Prone for COVID: Are You Awake?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Critical Care and Anesthesia, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India.

Editorial

Sachin Gupta et al. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;24(7):504-505.

doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23497.

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Critical Care and Anesthesia, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India.

Abstract

How to cite this article: Gupta S, Govil D. Prone for COVID: Are You Awake? Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(7):504-505.

Keywords: Awake prone; Prone position; Voluntary prone.

Source of support: Nil Conflict of interest: None

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