Breast radiotherapy in the prone position is less toxic versus the supine position in women with large breast size, according to a phase III randomized trial. Among 357 patients, those treated in the ...

Patients with breast cancer who underwent CT scans in the prone position experienced significantly less radiation exposure to their hearts and lungs than patients who were in the supine position, ...

Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, 44.2% in prone position and 44% in supine position ...

Patients with distal ureteral stones were 4 times more likely to be stone free if treated in the supine rather than prone position. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is more effective for ...

November 10, 2009 — Prone positioning during mechanical ventilation may not improve survival duration in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), according to the results of a ...

Background: Mechanical ventilation in the prone position is used to improve oxygenation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. We sought to determine the effect of mechanical ...

Shortly after acute respiratory distress syndrome was first described, it was soon realized that mechanical ventilation, aside from being essential for the treatment of the disease, can also harm the ...

HONG KONG — It is not surprising that in India, which has had more than 25 million coronavirus infections and where beds and oxygen tanks are currently in short supply, a recent video on breathing ...