James M Wright, Christina Gerges, Berje Shammassian, Collin M Labak, Eric Z Herring, Benjamin Miller, Ayham Alkhachroum, Mohan Kottapally, Christina Huang Wright, Richard B Rodgers, Cara Sedney, Laura B Ngwenya, Martina Stippler, Emily Sieg, Maya A Babu, Alan Hoffer, Rana Hejal
OBJECTIVES: Prone positioning has been shown to be a beneficial adjunctive supportive measure for patients who develop acute respiratory distress syndrome. Studies have excluded patients with reduced intracranial compliance, whereby patients with concomitant neurologic diagnoses and acute respiratory distress syndrome have no defined treatment algorithm or recommendations for management. In this study, we aim to determine the safety and feasibility of prone positioning in the neurologically ill patients...
January 22, 2021: Critical Care Medicine