Proning in Non-Intubated (PINI) in Times of COVID-19: Case Series and a Review

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2020, Pages 818-824

  Paul, Vishesh ^a   Patel, Shawn ^a   Royse, Michelle ^a   Odish, Mazen ^b   Malhotra, Atul ^b   Koenig, Seth ^c  

^a CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

awake proning; prone positioning; prone positioning in obese; proning; proning in non intubated; shape matching

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AZITHROMYCIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; DIURETIC AGENT; FERRITIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; HYDROXYZINE; STEROID;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CRACKLE; DYSPNEA; EXTUBATION; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTUBATION; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MALLAMPATI SCORE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONE POSITION; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SORE THROAT; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING; ANXIETY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HYPOXIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OBESITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PANDEMIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PANDEMICS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PRONE POSITION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85087612995     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066620934801     Document Type: Article

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