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Comment
. 2022 Feb;10(2):e14.
doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00554-3.

Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: imaging and histological background

Sara Piciucchi  1 , Claudia Ravaglia  2 , Antonio Vizzuso  3 , Emanuela Giampalma  3 , Venerino Poletti  4
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Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: imaging and histological background

Sara Piciucchi et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2022 Feb.
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CT scan in the supine (A) and prone (B) positions in a male aged 53 years, with bilateral COVID-19 pneumonia, 7 days after the onset of the symptoms First, the patient is lying in the supine position, with evidence of bilateral so-called crazy paving and ground glass attenuation, associated with the increased diameter of the effluent vein (red circle). A few minutes after the prone decubitus has been adopted, the crazy paving areas of attenuation change into mild ground glass attenuation.
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