NCT05124197

Extended Prone Position Duration COVID-19-related ARDS: a Retrospective Study

Safety and Efficacy of a Strategy Extending Duration of Prone Position in COVID-19-related ARDS Patients. a Retrospective Monocentric Observational Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hôpital Louis Mourier · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Prone position (PP) is standard of care for mechanically ventilated patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome in the intensive care unit (ICU). Recommendations suggest PP durations of at least 16 hours. In 2020, COVID-19 pandemic led to a great number of patients requiring mechanical ventilation and PP in the ICU. Risk of ICU staff viral contamination and work overload led to prolongation of PP duration up to 48 hours. Here investigators report outcomes of prolonged PP sessions in terms of skin complications (pression injuries) and ventilatory improvement.

Detailed description

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe condition in which diffuse ventilation/perfusion mismatching and intra-pulmonary shunt are responsible for profound hypoxemia. In patients with severe ARDS, prone position (PP) improves oxygenation and reduces mortality. Recommendations suggest that PP sessions should last at least 16 consecutive hours. Safety concern is mainly related to the risk of pressure injuries. In 2020, COVID-19 pandemic led to a great number of patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) and PP in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) worldwide. In the ICU of Louis Mourier hospital (Colombes, France) investigators decided upon a strategy whereby PP sessions duration was extended up to 48 hours in patients with COVID-19-related ARDS, so as to minimize the number and workload of turning procedures, limit staff exposure to viral contamination, and avoid turning patients during night shifts. Here, investigators aim to report incidence of skin complications (pression injuries) in patients who underwent at least one prolonged PP session. Secondary objective was to evaluate evolution of ventilatory parameters with prolonged PP sessions.

Conditions

• Pressure Ulcer
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Acute
• Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
• COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	prone position	extension of prone position duration

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-01
• Primary completion: 2021-04-30
• Completion: 2021-10-15
• First posted: 2021-11-17
• Last updated: 2021-11-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France