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Case Reports
Use of awake proning to avoid invasive ventilation in a patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonitis.
- Paul Whittemore, Laura Macfarlane, Anna Herbert, and John Farrant.
- Respiratory, Apollo ICU Fairfield, Bury, UK paulawh1@doctors.org.uk.
- BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Aug 3; 13 (8).
AbstractA 60-year-old man with swab-positive COVID-19 and extensive ground-glass change seen on CT imaging was successfully managed on our COVID-19 high-dependency unit with only low-flow oxygen and strict awake proning instructions. He was successfully weaned off oxygen entirely without any requirement for non-invasive or invasive ventilation and made a recovery to be discharged home after an 18-day hospital stay.© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
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