page_title: Proning
hierarchical_section_title: Proning
caption_attribution_description: English: 10-day old spontaneously breathing neonate lying in the prone position as part of a study of the effect of posture on ventilation in infants. Electrodes attached for Electrical Impedance Tomography lung monitoring.
context_page_description: Proning or prone positioning is the placement of patients into a prone position so that they are lying on their stomach. This is used in the treatment of patients in intensive care with acute respiratory distress syndrome. It has been especially tried and studied for patients on ventilators but, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is being used for patients with oxygen masks and CPAP as an alternative to ventilation.
context_section_description: Proning or prone positioning is the placement of patients into a prone position so that they are lying on their stomach.  This is used in the treatment of patients in intensive care with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).  It has been especially tried and studied for patients on ventilators but, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is being used for patients with oxygen masks and CPAP as an alternative to ventilation.
caption: A newborn baby placed in prone position with electrical impedance tomography electrodes to assess the effect on lung ventilation
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