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Lessons from an ICU recovery clinic: two cases of meralgia paresthetica after prone positioning to treat COVID-19-associated ARDS and modification of unit practices

Authors: Amy L. Bellinghausen, Jamie N. LaBuzetta, Frank Chu, Francesca Novelli, Anthony R. Rodelo, Robert L. Owens

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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Prone positioning is one of the few interventions in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) which has a proven mortality reduction [1]. Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, severe ARDS cases have sharply increased worldwide, increasing the need for proning. Some centers have also encouraged non-intubated patients with hypoxemia due to COVID-19 to self-prone [2] …

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Title: Lessons from an ICU recovery clinic: two cases of meralgia paresthetica after prone positioning to treat COVID-19-associated ARDS and modification of unit practices
Authors: Amy L. Bellinghausen
Jamie N. LaBuzetta
Frank Chu
Francesca Novelli
Anthony R. Rodelo
Robert L. Owens
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Acute Respiratory Distress-Syndrome
COVID-19
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03289-4

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