COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning



Physiology of proning:

 - more homogenous ventilation

 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference

 - decrease lung compression

 - increase clearance of secretions



https://annalsofintensivecare.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13613-020-00650-2

https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-020-2738-5



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