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. 2023 Jun 1;138(6):666-668.
doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000004524.

Prone Positioning in COVID-19 ARDS: Comment

Zhanqi Zhao  1 , Inéz Frerichs
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Prone Positioning in COVID-19 ARDS: Comment

Zhanqi Zhao et al. Anesthesiology. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Zhao receives a consulting fee from Dräger Medical (Lübeck, Germany). Dr. Frerichs reports funding from the European Union’s Framework program for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (WELMO, grant No. 825572).

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
A patient with flail chest before and after surgery with ribs fixation (figures modified from Sang et al.). The purple region in the left-hand image indicates the location of out-of-phase ventilation caused by pendelluft. The global inhomogeneity index values are given below each image.
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  • Prone Positioning in COVID-19 ARDS: Reply.
    Zarantonello F, Sella N, Pettenuzzo T, Boscolo A, Navalesi P. Zarantonello F, et al. Anesthesiology. 2023 Jun 1;138(6):668-669. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000004525. Anesthesiology. 2023. PMID: 36880980 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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