Jornal de pediatria
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Jornal de pediatria · Sep 2001
[Short-term effects of prone positioning on the oxygenation of pediatric patients submitted to mechanical ventilation]
To analyze the short-term effects of prone positioning on the oxygenation of mechanically-ventilated children suffering from severe hypoxemia. MATERIALS AND ⋯ Prone positioning during mechanical ventilation of children with severe hypoxemia may improve the PaO(2)/FiO(2) ratio in the first hour.