Prone position in nonintubated hypoxemic respiratory failure. New tool to avoid endotracheal intubation?

J Crit Care. 2015 Dec;30(6):1415. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.09.003. Epub 2015 Sep 4.

Authors

Yalim Dikmen¹, Antonio M Esquinas²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: yalim.dikmen@gmail.com.
² Intensive Care and Non Invasive Ventilatory Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.

PMID: 26410682
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.09.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Oxygen / physiology*
Positive-Pressure Respiration / methods*
Prone Position*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy*

Substances

Oxygen