Prone positioning has been widely adopted into standard practice for patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome who are mechanically ventilated based on high-quality evidence. Prone ...

Prone positioning improves oxygenation and decreases mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). 1 This print supplement to the video reviews the procedure for placing ...

Although placing patients with acute respiratory failure in a prone (face down) position improves their oxygenation 60 to 70 percent of the time, the effect on survival is not known. The mortality ...