To establish whether percutaneous ultrasound-guided renal biopsy can be carried out in the supine anterolateral position (SALP) in obese patients, and to compare the safety and efficacy of renal ...

Awake prone positioning is a well-established non-pharmacological intervention to improve lung oxygenation. During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this process has received ...

Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

Two new reports offer conflicting data about the proper use of prone positioning -- a belly-down approach to improve respiration -- in hospitalized, non-intubated patients with COVID-19. One study, ...

COVID-19 patients' pressure injuries were reduced substantially by adding a wound and skin care nurse to the prone-positioning team, study reveals. Adding a certified wound and skin care nurse to a ...

In nonintubated patients with COVID-related hypoxemic respiratory failure, daily awake prone positioning (APP) for 6 hours showed a more than 90% probability of reducing intubation and/or death ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, 44.2% in prone position and 44% in supine position ...

One of the first outpatient prone transpsoas procedures in the U.S. was recently performed by Samuel Joseph, MD, of Joseph Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla. 1. Dr. Joseph developed the prone transpsoas ...