Placing a hospitalized COVID-19 patient in a face down position to ease breathing -- or 'proning' -- has steadily gained traction as a pandemic lifesaver. But a small new study warns that it may lead to permanent nerve damage.
But he and his colleagues suspect something about COVID-19 infection itself makes nerves more vulnerable to damage. Among the possible triggers: the increased inflammatory state brought on by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as poor blood circulation and blood clotting.
Dr. Nicholas Caputo, an associate chief and attending emergency physician at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, N.Y., also reviewed the findings. He said it's important to recognize that this study focused only on patients proned while on a ventilator. In the intensive care unit, however, ventilated patients are generally proned for eight to 12 hours before being turned, Caputo said."This puts much more pressure on certain areas of the body, and places the patients at risk for complications such as peripheral neuropathies," he added.
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