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The Effects of Prone Position on Respiratory Function

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Acute Lung Injury

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((UICM,volume 30))

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Abstract

Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is characterized by radiographic diffuse bilateral infiltrates, decreased respiratory compliance, small lung volumes, and severe hypoxia [1,2]. Correction of life-threatening hypoxia is one of the main goals of treatment, and different approaches have been suggested, including high airway pressures, jet ventilation, nitric oxide inhalation, and extracorporeal oxygenation. However, some of them may damage the lung, while others are extremely complex.

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  1. Pulmonary and Critical Care, St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center, 640 Jackson Street, St. Paul, 55101, MN, USA

    John J. Marini

  2. Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, SW3 6NP, London, UK

    Timothy W. Evans

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Gattinoni, L., Pelosi, P., Brazzi, L. (1998). The Effects of Prone Position on Respiratory Function. In: Marini, J.J., Evans, T.W. (eds) Acute Lung Injury. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60733-2_23

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