Redistribution of Perfusion by Prone Positioning Improves Shunt in a Patient with Unilateral Lung Injury

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Dec 15;206(12):e76-e78. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202206-1060IM.

Authors

Douglas Slobod^{1

2}, Elena Spinelli¹, Gaetano Scaramuzzo³, Alfredo Lissoni¹, Giacomo Grasselli^{1

4}, Tommaso Mauri^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, IRCCS Foundation Ca' Granda Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Translational Medicine and for Romagna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; and.
⁴ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 36036926
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202206-1060IM

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung Injury*
Patient Positioning
Perfusion
Prone Position
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
Supine Position