A newly released practice alert from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) aims to standardize how nurses care for patients undergoing prone positioning therapy for extended periods of time.
May 16, 2023
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Patients admitted to the hospital with severe breathing difficulties due to COVID-19 are less likely to need a breathing tube if they lie face down in a prone position, but evidence for its effect on mortality or other outcomes ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Patients critically ill with COVID-19 are at exceptionally high risk for developing healthcare-associated pressure injuries (HAPrIs), and nurses and other clinicians should be extra vigilant with assessments and protective ...
Aug 23, 2022
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Prone positioning does not significantly reduce the risk of intubation in hospitalized patients experiencing acute hypoxemic respiratory failure from COVID-19, according to the COVI-PRONE trial. However, patients receiving ...
May 26, 2022
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Placing hospitalized COVID-19 patients on their stomach is helpful if they're on a mechanical ventilator, but a new study suggests it's not a good idea for patients who are not intubated.
Apr 19, 2022
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Lying face down in a prone position is thought to improve outcomes for patients in intensive care with COVID-19. But a trial published by The BMJ today suggests that many patients cared for in hospital wards with COVID-19 ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Placing hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are on oxygen in a facedown position significantly improves their chance of survival, a large-scale review has found.
Dec 15, 2021
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A six country clinical study of more than 1,100 hospitalized COVID-19 patients who required high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy suggests that prone positioning (rotating patients with severe breathing issues so they are ...
Aug 23, 2021
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(HealthDay)—The national standardized infection ratio (SIR) for central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) increased significantly in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020 compared with Q2 in 2019, with COVID-19 ...
Mar 23, 2021
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It's a decision being made thousands of times over inside hospitals all around the country: is it time to place a patient struggling to breathe on a ventilator? For all of the attention ventilators have received during the ...
Nov 13, 2020
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