ABSTRACT

The prone position ventilation permitted improve the survival in patients submitted to mechanical ventilation, even has not had an acceptance generalized, the experience of the years permitted a better answer by the Critical Care physicians.

KEYWORDS

Prone ventilation, mechanical ventilation, ARDS.

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