Breast radiotherapy in the prone position is less toxic versus the supine position in women with large breast size, according to a phase III randomized trial. Among 357 patients, those treated in the ...

Patients with breast cancer who underwent CT scans in the prone position experienced significantly less radiation exposure to their hearts and lungs than patients who were in the supine position, ...

Lying facedown on your stomach is described as being in the prone position. This position is often used to help patients who are experiencing respiratory distress. Since the coronavirus pandemic began ...

In this prospective study, we continuously monitored heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV) and cardiac output (CO) by electrical velocimetry in hemodynamically stable neonates in each of the following ...

Early application of prone positioning did not help patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- mostly from COVID -- get off venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies (ERCPs) performed on patients in the left lateral or supine position had shorter procedure times, largely due to reduced endotracheal intubation rates, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, 44.2% in prone position and 44% in supine position ...

(HealthDay)—Prone positioning is associated with significant changes in hepatocellular function and cardiac output in healthy volunteers, according to research published online March 7 in Anaesthesia.

Patients with distal ureteral stones were 4 times more likely to be stone free if treated in the supine rather than prone position. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is more effective for ...

November 10, 2009 — Prone positioning during mechanical ventilation may not improve survival duration in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), according to the results of a ...