Effect of prone positioning on the survival of patients with acute respiratory failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 568-573

  Gattinoni, Luciano G ^a,e   Tognoni, Gianni ^b   Pesenti, Antonio ^c   Taccone, Paolo ^a   Mascheroni, Daniele ^a   Labarta, Violeta ^b   Malacrida, Roberto ^d   Di Giulio, Paola ^b   Fumagalli, Roberto ^c   Pelosi, Paolo ^a   Brazzi, Luca ^a   Latini, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Hospital of Lugano   (Switzerland)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECUBITUS; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPINE POSITION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PRESSURE ULCER; PRONE POSITION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 17944383332     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa010043     Document Type: Article

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