Prone Positioning Works: But for How Long and to What End Point?

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Editorial

Michael Kouch et al. Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 1;49(3):535-539.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004840.

¹ Both authors: Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Cooper Medical School at Rowan University, Camden, NJ.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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