Management of patients with severe respiratory failure is mainly supportive, and protective
mechanical ventilation is the pivotal treatment. When conventional therapy is insufficient to …

Prone position ventilation is widely used in treating patients with acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS) and severe refractory hypoxaemia. However, its use in patients who have …

BackgroundAnesthesia in post-pneumonectomy patients is challenging as pneumonectomy
is considered “a disease itself” with impaired oxygenation and ventilation. Literary data for …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to evaluate the safety of extended prone position
ventilation (PPV) and its impact on respiratory function in patients with severe acute …

Acute respiratory failure and adult respiratory distress syndrome are serious complications
after heart surgery and are associated with a high mortality rate. We report the case of a 50 …

Background: To compare the effectiveness of supine versus prone kinetic therapy in
mechanically ventilated trauma and surgical patients with acute lung injury (ALI) and adult …

Ten patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) after coronary artery bypass grafting were
studied during conventional mechanical ventilation in the supine and in the prone position …

Of forty-three consecutive patients with severe adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
treated in the prone position pulmonary function improved significantly in 39 patients during …

Acute respiratory failure is still one the main problems in surgical intensive care. Unknown
pathophysiological mechanisms permit only symptomatic therapy. Today ventilatory …

Prone position ventilation (PPV) became an effective method of management of ARDS since
1974. Its positive effects on arterial oxygenation have been amply described, but its impact …