Prone Positioning for Invasively Ventilated Patients With COVID-19 Registry

Prone Positioning for Invasively Ventilated Patients With COVID-19: an Interactive, Web-based, Multicenter, Observational Registry

SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterized mainly by moderate/severe pneumonia associated with progressive endothelial damage and coagulopathy. Acute respiratory failure among COVID-19 occurs in 42% of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, and 61-81% of patients requiring intensive care . Among the suggested treatments for the management of ARDS patients, prone position (PP) can be used as an adjuvant therapy for improving ventilation in these patients, as recommended in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign COVID-19 guidelines. Nevertheless, no data is currently available on application and feasibility of PP in invasively ventilated patients with COVID-19 on their outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection
• Prone positioning in patients admitted to ICU undergoing invasive Mechanical Ventilation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Bedsides contraindications to the Prone Positioning and patients in PP but undergoing Non- invasive ventilation should be excluded.