A case of improved oxygenation in SARS-CoV-2 positive patient on nasal cannula undergoing prone positioning

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

Volumn 30, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Elkattawy, Sherif ^a   Noori, Muhammad ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; OXYGEN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONE POSITION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

EID: 85084407113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22130071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101070     Document Type: Article

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