1.Expert consensus on implementation strategy of awake prone positioning for non-intubated patients in China (2023).
Yuanyuan MI ; Zheyi CAI ; Jing LIU ; Fei TIAN ; Liping YANG ; Lei BAO ; Shanbing HOU ; Su GU ; Li LI ; Xueli ZHOU ; Yun XU ; Shumei ZHANG ; Xiaoxia FU ; Xiaodi LI ; Chuansheng LI ; Liang SUN ; Xiaohong ZHANG ; Hong QI ; Shiying YUAN ; Liqun ZHU ; Haiyan HUANG ; You SHANG
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2023;35(4):337-351
The awake prone position plays an important role in the treatment of hypoxemia and the improvement of respiratory distress symptoms in non-intubated patients. It is widely used in clinical practice because of its simple operation, safety, and economy. To enable clinical medical staff to scientifically and normatively implement prone position for awake patients without intubation, the committees of consensus formulation, guided by evidence-based methodology and Delphi method, conducted literature search, literature quality evaluation and evidence synthesis around seven topics, including indications and contraindications, evaluation, implementation, monitoring and safety management, termination time, complication prevention and health education of awake prone position. After two rounds of expert letter consultation, Expert consensus on implementation strategy of awake prone positioning for non-intubated patients in China (2023) was formulated, and provide guidance for clinical medical staff.
Humans
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Consensus
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Prone Position
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Wakefulness
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China
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Dyspnea