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cord-253355-dii5zszf	Khan, Sheharyar	Awake Proning: A Necessary Evil During the COVID-19 Pandemic	2020-07-03		.txt	text/plain	2758	167	53	Patients presenting with ARDS need mechanical ventilation, as their lungs are unable to oxygenate blood on their own due to fluid accumulation. One way to manage this excess pressure of fluid build-up around the lung tissues is to relieve the dorsal alveoli by prompting the patient to lie face down on the stomach; this is called awake proning. Awake proning delays the use of mechanical ventilation and facilitates the patients with severe ARDS or severe pneumonia in maintaining the supply of oxygen to the body tissues. As it progresses, the disease presents with more severe symptoms like viral pneumonia, which causes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The blood oxygen levels also improved after the cycles of prone positioning, and endotracheal intubation was avoided in patients with ARDS, which would have been the only option to opt from if awake proning was not administered [17] . A COVID-19 patient presenting with severe pneumonia or ARDS can be managed with awake proning as a supportive treatment to relieve symptoms.	./cache/cord-253355-dii5zszf.txt	./txt/cord-253355-dii5zszf.txt