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. 2021 Dec;9(12):1347-1349.
doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00368-4. Epub 2021 Aug 20.

Awake prone positioning in COVID-19: is tummy time ready for prime time?

Jason Weatherald  1 , John Norrie  2 , Ken Kuljit S Parhar  3
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Awake prone positioning in COVID-19: is tummy time ready for prime time?

Jason Weatherald et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

JW is co-principal investigator of the CORONA trial (NCT04402879). KKSP is co-principal investigator of the CORONA trial (NCT04402879). JN declares no competing interests.

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