Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Apr 2010
Review Meta AnalysisProne ventilation reduces mortality in patients with acute respiratory failure and severe hypoxemia: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Prone position ventilation for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) improves oxygenation but not survival, except possibly when AHRF is severe. ⋯ Prone ventilation reduces mortality in patients with severe hypoxemia. Given associated risks, this approach should not be routine in all patients with AHRF, but may be considered for severely hypoxemic patients.