Research Article

Prone Position after Liberation from Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in COVID-19 Respiratory Failure

Table 1

Patient characteristics and descriptive statistics.

CohortPatient 1Patient 2Patient 3Patient 4

Age, median (IQR)71 (66, 74.25)57737869
Sex, female (%)1 (25)MMMF
Day 1 APACHE II, median (IQR)32 (30, 35)27313438
Day 1 SOFA II, median (IQR)11 (11, 11.25)11111211
BMI, median (IQR)22.7 (22.59,25.63)22.2922.6922.7934.16
Coronary artery disease, n (%)1 (25)NNNY
Hypertension, n (%)3 (75)NYYY
Diabetes, n (%)2 (50)NNYY
Dyslipidemia, n (%)2 (50)NYYN
Obesity, n (%)1 (25)NNNY
Duration of MV in days, median (IQR)25 (22.2, 28)20273123a
Days in the ICU, median (IQR)43 (35.3, 57.8)30374984
Days of steroid use, median (IQR)1.5 (0, 4.25)0083
Days with paralytic use, median (IQR)5.5 (1.75, 9.25)91102
Days undergoing prone positioning while on MV, median (IQR)4 (2.25, 5)3055
iNO use, n (%)0NNNN
Hydroxychloroquine use, n (%)0NNNN
Tocilizumab use, n (%)0NNNN
PEPP individual sessions, median (range)3 (2, 4.25)2245
Duration in days of PEPP, median (range)2.5 (2, 3.25)2234
Duration of individual PEPP sessions in hours, median (IQR)1.5 (1.2, 2.1)1.33, 0.421, 0.52, 1.5, 1.25, 1.52.33, 4.08, 3.67, 1.75

IQR = interquartile range, APACHE II = Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, BMI = body mass index, MV = mechanical ventilation, ICU = intensive care unit, iNO = inhaled nitric oxide, and PEPP = postextubation prone positioning. aThe number of MV days prior to extubation.