Acute Impact of Prone Positioning on the Right Ventricle in COVID-19-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Circ Heart Fail. 2021 Aug;14(8):e008810. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.121.008810. Epub 2021 Jul 30.

Authors

Nils C Kremer¹, Manuel J Richter¹, Zvonimir A Rako¹, Khodr Tello¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Germany.

PMID: 34328349
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.121.008810

No abstract available

Keywords: prone position; ventricular function, right.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / physiopathology*
COVID-19 / therapy
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypertension / complications
Middle Aged
Obesity / complications
Patient Positioning / methods*
Prone Position*
Pulmonary Circulation / physiology*
Respiration, Artificial / methods
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / physiopathology*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy
SARS-CoV-2
Stroke Volume / physiology*
Vasoconstrictor Agents / therapeutic use
Ventricular Function, Right / physiology*
Ventricular Pressure / physiology*

Substances

Vasoconstrictor Agents