A Wake Prone Positioning in Non-intubated Patients With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
Respiratory Failure, ICU
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Respiratory Failure, ICU
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: patients aged 18 years or older who are not intubated and required at least 40% oxygen (via low- or high-flow oxygen devices) or noninvasive positive pressure ventilation. Exclusion Criteria: Patients will be excluded from the study if they : had received invasive mechanical ventilation, had contraindications to prone positioning, are at risk of complications from prone positioning, had been self-prone positioning prior to enrollment and Pregnancy.
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
No Intervention
Group-1: prone positioning + standard treatment
Group-2: Standard treatment only
Patients randomized to the intervention group will be subjected to awake prone positioning. The target duration of prone positioning is 8 h/d to 10 h/d with 2 to 3 breaks (1-2 hours each), if needed. Daily prone positioning sessions will be protocolized to continue until 1 of the following stopping criteria is met: a relative improvement in the FIO2 requirement by 40% from the baseline value that sustained for 24 hours; endotracheal intubation; or discharge from the ICU. The treating team will supervise patients who could move themselves during the prone positioning process and assist the patients with positioning as required.
Patients randomized to the control group, and their treating team, will be informed of their group assignment. Nurses instruct patients not to position themselves in the prone position.