Article Document Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Entity Entity Review Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-06T21:51:43 RDF description of Should early prone positioning be a standard of care in ARDS with refractory hypoxemia [review]? - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn138 public review 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Critical Care 61 document-rn138 12422 Respiration, Artificial Lung Diseases 19424 Respiratory Tract Diseases Should early prone positioning be a standard of care in ARDS with refractory hypoxemia [review]? 6 <p>For the past 4 decades, the prone position has been employed as an occasional rescue option for patients with severe hypoxemia unresponsive to conventional measures applied in the supine orientation. Proning offers a high likelihood of significantly improved arterial oxygenation to well selected patients, but until the results of a convincing randomized trial were published, its potential to reduce mortality risk remained in serious doubt. Proning does not benefit patients of all disease severities and stages but may be life-saving for others. Because it requires advanced nursing skills and escalation of monitoring surveillance to deploy safely, its place as an early stage standard of care depends on the definition of that label.<p> 10.4187/respcare.04562 Respiratory Care Delivery of Health Care