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Respiratory Failure
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ARDS
Do you discontinue proning due to a perceived lack of response to intervention in a patient with ARDS?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Yes, I do.
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Answer from: at Community Practice
I will discontinue proning after two or three days if the patient is not clinically or physiologically improved. When I decide to prone a patient, I will prone the patient for up to 16 hours a day.
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