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Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd · Jan 1998
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial[Effect of kinetic therapy on the course of treatment of patients with post-traumatic lung failure].
- J Erhard, C Waydhas, S Ruchholtz, S Schmidbauer, D Nast-Kolb, K H Duswald, and L Schweiberer.
- Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Innenstadt, Universität München.
- Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1998 Jan 1; 115: 1091-3.
AbstractThis study was conducted to investigate the effects of intermittent prone positioning of patients with post-traumatic respiratory failure (paO2/FiO2 < 280 mm Hg) in comparison with conventional therapy in a supine position. Although the severity of injury of the prone-positioned patients was much higher (ISS 35.8 vs 24.5), the ventilation time (32 vs 31 days) and ICU stay (39 vs 36 days) were similar to patients treated in the supine position. Besides the beneficial effect of prone positioning on oxygenation, for the first time we have evidence that prone positioning improves the outcome of patients with post-traumatic respiratory failure.
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