Combined Effect of Awake Prone Position and Noninvasive Ventilation on Respiratory Effort and Gas Exchange in Severe COVID-19-Related Pneumonia

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Papa Giovanni XXXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy; and Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
• ² Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Papa Giovanni XXXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy. [email protected].
• ³ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Papa Giovanni XXXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy; and Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milano, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milano, Italy; and Pulmonary Medicine Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
• ⁵ Pulmonary Medicine Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Papa Giovanni XXXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
• ⁷ Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Papa Giovanni XXXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy; and School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy.