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. 2021 Feb:61:63-70.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.08.018. Epub 2020 Aug 27.

Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 hypoxemic respiratory failure: A rapid review

Jason Weatherald  1 , Kevin Solverson  2 , Danny J Zuege  3 , Nicole Loroff  4 , Kirsten M Fiest  5 , Ken Kuljit S Parhar  6
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Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 hypoxemic respiratory failure: A rapid review

Jason Weatherald et al. J Crit Care. 2021 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); Awake prone positioning; COVID-19; Hypoxemic respiratory failure; Pneumonia; Prone position; Prone positioning; Rapid review; SARS-COV-2.

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