The Face of COVID-19: Facial Pressure Wounds Related to Prone Positioning in Patients Undergoing Ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit

Sydney T. Jiang; Christina H. Fang; Jen Ting Chen; Richard V. Smith

doi:10.1177/0194599820951470

The Face of COVID-19: Facial Pressure Wounds Related to Prone Positioning in Patients Undergoing Ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit

Sydney T. Jiang, Christina H. Fang, Jen Ting Chen, Richard V. Smith

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Abstract

In the setting of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019)–associated moderate and severe acute respiratory distress, persistently hypoxemic patients often require prone positioning for >16 hours. We report facial pressure wounds and ear necrosis as a consequence of prone positioning in patients undergoing ventilation in the intensive care unit in a tertiary medical center in New York City.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	300-301
Number of pages	2
Journal	Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)
Volume	164
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599820951470
State	Published - Feb 2021

Keywords

ARDS
COVID-19
coronavirus
facial pressure ulcer
pressure wound
prone

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Surgery
Otorhinolaryngology

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The Face of COVID-19: Facial Pressure Wounds Related to Prone Positioning in Patients Undergoing Ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit. / Jiang, Sydney T.; Fang, Christina H.; Chen, Jen Ting et al.
In: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States), Vol. 164, No. 2, 02.2021, p. 300-301.

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