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Comment
. 2021 Oct 18;25(1):361.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03760-w.

Prone positioning in acute respiratory distress syndrome during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Shiping Zhu  1
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Prone positioning in acute respiratory distress syndrome during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Shiping Zhu. Crit Care. .
No abstract available

Keywords: ARDS; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Prone positioning.

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Forest plot showing the efficacy of PP during ECMO in patients with ARDS. Note: Garcia-2020’s study was excluded from this pooled result. Note: ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome; ECMO venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PP prone positioning
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