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Do you discontinue proning due to a perceived lack of response to intervention in a patient with ARDS?

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Pulmonology · University of Louisville

Yes, I do.

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Pulmonology · McLaren Port Huron Pulmonology Critical Care And Sleep Medicine

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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