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322557

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
To assess the potential benefits of the prone position for gas exchange in patients with acute respiratory failure, we turned 6 patients from supine to prone, supporting the upper thorax and pelvis and allowing the abdomen to protrude. Arterial PO2 increased by a mean of 69 mm Hg (range, 2 to 178 mm Hg) at the same tidal volume, same inspired oxygen concentration, and same level of positive end-expiratory pressure. The maneuver made it possible to reduce the inspired oxygen concentration in 4 of the 5 patients who required mechanical ventilation of the lungs and to defer intubation in the patient who was breathing spontaneously. After subsequent turns from supine to prone, arterial PO2 increased by a mean of 35 mm Hg (range, 4 to 110 mm Hg), permitting a decrease in inspired oxygen concentration or positive end-expiratory pressure when prone (4 patients); arterial PO2 decreased in 12 of 14 instances after the patient was turned from prone to supine. No significant change in mean arterial carbon dioxide tension, respiratory frequency, or effective compliance was observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-0805
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
559-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Improved oxygenation in patients with acute respiratory failure: the prone position.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.