Successful awake proning is associated with improved clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 : single-centre high-dependency unit experience

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The SARS-CoV-2 can lead to severe illness with COVID-19. Outcomes of patients requiring mechanical ventilation are poor. Awake proning in COVID-19 improves oxygenation, but on data clinical outcomes is limited. This single-centre retrospective study aimed to assess whether successful awake proning of patients with COVID-19, requiring respiratory support (continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) or high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO)) on a respiratory high-dependency unit (HDU), is associated with improved outcomes. HDU care included awake proning by respiratory physiotherapists. Of 565 patients admitted with COVID-19, 71 (12.6%) were managed on the respiratory HDU, with 48 of these (67.6%) requiring respiratory support. Patients managed with CPAP alone 22/48 (45.8%) were significantly less likely to die than patients who required transfer onto HFNO 26/48 (54.2%): CPAP mortality 36.4%; HFNO mortality 69.2%, (p=0.023); however, multivariate analysis demonstrated that increasing age and the inability to awake prone were the only independent predictors of COVID-19 mortality. The mortality of patients with COVID-19 requiring respiratory support is considerable. Data from our cohort managed on HDU show that CPAP and awake proning are possible in a selected population of COVID-19, and may be useful. Further prospective studies are required.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

BMJ open respiratory research - 7(2020), 1 vom: 14. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hallifax, Rob J [VerfasserIn]
Porter, Benedict Ml [VerfasserIn]
Elder, Patrick Jd [VerfasserIn]
Evans, Sarah B [VerfasserIn]
Turnbull, Chris D [VerfasserIn]
Hynes, Gareth [VerfasserIn]
Lardner, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Archer, Kirsty [VerfasserIn]
Bettinson, Henry V [VerfasserIn]
Nickol, Annabel H [VerfasserIn]
Flight, William G [VerfasserIn]
Chapman, Stephen J [VerfasserIn]
Hardinge, Maxine [VerfasserIn]
Hoyles, Rachel K [VerfasserIn]
Saunders, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Sykes, Anny [VerfasserIn]
Wrightson, John M [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Alastair [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Ling-Pei [VerfasserIn]
Fraser, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Pavord, Ian D [VerfasserIn]
Talbot, Nicholas P [VerfasserIn]
Bafadhel, Mona [VerfasserIn]
Petousi, Nayia [VerfasserIn]
Rahman, Najib M [VerfasserIn]
Oxford Respiratory Group [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Non invasive ventilation
Respiratory infection
Viral infection

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Date Completed 24.09.2020

Date Revised 17.03.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000678

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315007958