Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Nov 1999
Multicenter StudyEffects of prone position on alveolar recruitment and oxygenation in acute lung injury.
To investigate the effects of prone position (PP) on alveolar recruitment and oxygenation in acute respiratory failure. ⋯ Alveolar recruitment may be a mechanism of oxygenation improvement in some patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. No correlation was found between change in oxygenation and chest wall elastic properties.