Ventilation treatment in prone position for ARDS does not provide significant survival benefit

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 19:14 in Health & Medicine

Despite a current suggestion that patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome be positioned lying face down while receiving mechanical ventilation, study results indicate that this positioning does not significantly lower the risk of death compared to similar patients positioned lying face up during ventilation, according to a study in the November 11 issue of JAMA.

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