Physiological Response to Prone Position in COVID-19 Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sars-CoV-2 Infection; ARDS

Treatments: Procedure: Prone positioning

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05092737

Prone_COVID

Details and patient eligibility

About

Retrospective study in COVID-19 ARDS patients hospitalised in the ICU. Investigators aim to explore the effects of prone positioning on oxygenation, dead space ventilation and mortality.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COVID-19 associated moderate to severe ARDS
• Invasive mechanical ventilation
• Prone positioning
• admitted to ICU

Exclusion criteria

• already sustained prone positioning in referring hospital
• pronation during ECMO only
• denied consent for data analysis