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Meta-Analysis
. 2022 Oct:72:103257.
doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2022.103257. Epub 2022 Apr 11.

Effectiveness of prone position in acute respiratory distress syndrome and moderating factors of obesity class and treatment durations for COVID-19 patients: A meta-analysis

Fauzi Ashra  1 , Ruey Chen  2 , Xiao Linda Kang  3 , Kai-Jo Chiang  4 , Li-Chung Pien  5 , Hsiu-Ju Jen  6 , Doresses Liu  7 , Shu-Tai Shen Hsiao  8 , Kuei-Ru Chou  9
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Meta-Analysis

Effectiveness of prone position in acute respiratory distress syndrome and moderating factors of obesity class and treatment durations for COVID-19 patients: A meta-analysis

Fauzi Ashra et al. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2022 Oct.

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the effectiveness of prone positioning on COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome with moderating factors in both traditional prone positioning (invasive mechanical ventilation) and awake self-prone positioning patients (non-invasive ventilation).

Research methodology: A comprehensive search was conducted in CINAHL, Cochrane library, Embase, Medline-OVID, NCBI SARS-CoV-2 Resources, ProQuest, Scopus, and Web of Science without language restrictions. All studies with prospective and experimental designs evaluating the effect of prone position patients with COVID-19 related to acute respiratory distress syndrome were included. Pooled standardised mean differences were calculated after prone position for primary (PaO2/FiO2) and secondary outcomes (SpO2 and PaO2) RESULTS: A total of 15 articles were eligible and included in the final analysis. Prone position had a statistically significant effect in improving PaO2/FiO2 with standardised mean difference of 1.10 (95%CI 0.60-1.59), SpO2 with standardised mean difference of 3.39 (95% CI 1.30-5.48), and PaO2 with standardised mean difference of 0.77 (95% CI 0.19-1.35). Patients with higher body mass index and longer duration/day are associated with larger standardised mean difference effect sizes for prone positioning.

Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that prone position significantly improved oxygen saturation in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome in both traditional prone positioning and awake self-prone positioning patients. Prone position should be recommended for patients with higher body mass index and longer durations to obtain the maximum effect.

Keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; COVID-19; Coronavirus 2; Prone position; Respiratory failure.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Flow diagram for study selection.
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Forest plot the effects of prone position towards PaO2/FiO2.
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Forest plot the effects of prone position towards SpO2.
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Forest plot the effects of prone position towards PaO2.
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Funnel plot.
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