Lying facedown on your stomach is described as being in the prone position. This position is often used to help patients who are experiencing respiratory distress. Since the coronavirus pandemic began ...

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BOSTON (CBS/CNN) -- Doctors are finding that placing the sickest coronavirus patients on their stomachs -- called prone positioning - helps increase the amount of oxygen that's getting to their lungs.

Shortage of oxygen is leading to the death of many Covid-19 patients amidst the rapid rise in coronavirus cases in India. Social media is flooded with messages seeking help in finding oxygen.

Although placing patients with acute respiratory failure in a prone (face down) position improves their oxygenation 60 to 70 percent of the time, the effect on survival is not known. The mortality ...

Baltimore, MD - In a small pilot study evaluating the feasibility of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) administered in the prone position, investigators report "reverse" CPR generated higher mean ...

For patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) undergoing venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO), prone positioning does not decrease the time to successful ...