Rationale: The feasibility and safety of awake prone positioning and its impact on outcomes
in non-intubated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to COVID-19 is …

Rationale: Prone positioning is an appealing therapeutic strategy for nonintubated hypoxic
patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but its effectiveness remains to be …

1. Background Infection with SARS-CoV-2 can result in Coronavirus Disease–19 (COVID-
19)[[1],[2]]. While the majority of patients are asymptomatic or have mild disease [3] …

Prone positioning reduces mortality in the management of intubated patients with moderate-
to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. It allows improvement in oxygenation by …

• Prone positioning in patients with hypoxic respiratory failure who are awake,
spontaneously breathing and not intubated is possible in noncritical care settings; evidence …

Background Awake prone positioning has been widely used in non-intubated patients with
acute hypoxic respiratory failure (AHRF) due to COVID-19, but the evidence is mostly from …

Background The awake prone positioning strategy for patients with acute respiratory distress
syndrome is a safe, simple and cost-effective technique used to improve hypoxaemia. We …

Awake prone positioning (APP) of patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure gained
considerable attention during the early phases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Background Awake prone positioning has been broadly utilised for non-intubated patients
with COVID-19-related acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure, but the results from published …

Importance Awake prone positioning may improve hypoxemia among patients with COVID-
19, but whether it is associated with improved clinical outcomes remains unknown. Objective …