Should I prone non-ventilated awake patients with COVID-19?

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Awake proning in patients with COVID-19 infection

Study	No. of patients	Protocol	Findings
Elharrar et al⁶	24	As tolerated, majority > 3 hours	Oxygenation improvement in a subset of patients
Sartini et al⁷	15	Noninvasive ventilation in addition to proning for median of 2 times, 3 hours each per day	Improved oxygenation
Ng et al⁸	10	1 hour each, 5 sessions a day, spaced 3 hours apart	Improved oxygenation and reduced need for mechanical ventilation
Caputo et al⁹	50	5 minutes of proning	Improvement in oxygenation with proning