CARDIOVASCULAR CHANGES IN HUMANBODY AFTER CHANGING POSITION SUPINE TO PRONE.

Prone position is known to be accompanied by several physiologic changes, but they are not described comprehensively in modern literature and sometimes controversial. Aim was to examine cardio-vascular changes in non-anesthetized humans after turning them into prone position and influence on these changes by age and body mass index. We performed an observational prospective study without control group of 200 (118 male and 82 female) patients 18-75 y.