{"id":17372,"date":"2021-10-20T14:25:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T19:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/?p=17372"},"modified":"2021-10-20T14:46:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T19:46:30","slug":"why-prone-positioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/why-prone-positioning\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Prone Positioning?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The prone position is a well-established intervention that improves oxygenation and decreases mortality for patients with respiratory failure and hypoxemia<\/b>. Prone positioning has increased in use over recent years due to the vast amount of evidence and international recommendations for this intervention, most recently with COVID-19.1<\/sup> There are several reasons why the prone position contributes to increases in oxygenation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n First, prone positioning creates a more homogenous distribution of ventilator pressures,<\/b> reducing\u00a0 <\/span>the risk for alveolar overdistension.2<\/sup> This in turn reduces ventilator-induced lung injury.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second, alveoli that were previously dependent, fluid-filled due to gravity, and\/or collapsed are recruited and become able to exchange oxygen in the prone position. This often leads to an improvement in oxygenation and ultimately to a reduction in FiO<\/b>2<\/sub><\/b> requirements<\/b>.2<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The overall effect of prone positioning on oxygenation and ventilator requirements leads to a reduction in mortality. This has been consistently demonstrated through multiple studies, such as the PROSEVA trial, and presented in several subsequent meta-analyses.2,3,4,5<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Pronova-O2<\/sub> Automated Prone Therapy System provides a safe and efficient method for positioning critically ill patients. For additional information on Pronova-O<\/b>2<\/sub><\/b>, or to preorder, please visit <\/b>turnmedical.com<\/b><\/a> or call 1-855-275-8876.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Refer to Pronova-O<\/b>2<\/sub><\/b> Instructions for Use<\/b><\/a> for full prescribing information including risks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n References<\/p>\n Nulla et consectetur ligula, ut fringilla velit. Interdum et sit amet tempor. In sit amet neque non tellus interdum tincidunt eget eu odio. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-useful-articles","category-company-news","category-industry-news","category-10","category-7","category-9","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17372"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17392,"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17372\/revisions\/17392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turnmedical.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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