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Editorial
. 2022 Oct;162(4):731-733.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.06.031.

Should We Encourage Prone Positioning in Patients With Non-Severe COVID-19?

Alessandro Protti  1 , Ezio Lanza  2
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Editorial

Should We Encourage Prone Positioning in Patients With Non-Severe COVID-19?

Alessandro Protti et al. Chest. 2022 Oct.
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A-D, Lung morphologic images in patients with non-severe COVID-19. Representative CT scans of four patients with COVID-19 who were treated with no oxygen or < 6 L/min of oxygen. All images were obtained at full inspiration. A, Low-flow oxygen (lung weight: 1,079 g); B, no oxygen (lung weight: 1,204 g); C, low-flow oxygen (lung weight: 1,024 g); D, low-flow oxygen (lung weight: 1,109 g).
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