Australia; VIC
Lying in the prone position, face down, has been suggested as a way to help people with COVID-19 who are struggling to breathe, but Australian doctors have found that for people with COVID-19 who are able to breathe on their own, there was no consistent benefit to proning. The researchers looked at data from 94 documented proning events in 20 patients and found no evidence of a consistent response to the treatment. They also found that the size of any response to proning did not indicate how that patient would respond to another proning treatment. The researchers say their findings imply uncertainty about the benefit of this intervention.
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