Effect Of Eight Hours Per Day Of Intermittent Self Prone Positioning For Seven Days On The Severity Of Covid-19 Pneumonia/ Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Background: Prone positioning improves ventilation-perfusion mismatch, distribution of gravitational gradient in pleural pressure, and oxygen saturation significantly in patients with Covid pneumonia. We aimed to find out the efficacy of eight hours per day of intermittent selfprone positioning for seven days in patients affected with COVID-19 pneumonia/ ARDS.

Methods: This Randomized Clinical Trial was conducted in the Covid isolation wards of Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad.