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Table 2 Diaphragm and lung ultrasound

From: Effect of awake prone position on diaphragmatic thickening fraction in patients assisted by noninvasive ventilation for hypoxemic acute respiratory failure related to novel coronavirus disease

Parameters

Supine

Prone

p value

Diaphragmatic ultrasound

   

Inspiratory thickness (mm)

3.20 (2.68–3.63)

3.45 (2.92–4.03)

0.018

Expiratory thickness (mm)

2.40 (2.05–2.70)

2.45 (2.00–2.68)

0.157

Thickening fraction (%)

33.30 (25.70–40.50)

41.5 (29.80–50.00)

0.025

Lung ultrasound

   

Lung ultrasound score

22.00 (20.00–24.30)

21.00 (16.80–23.00)

 < 0.001

  1. Data are presented as median and (25th–75th percentile)
  2. p values refers to nonparametric Friedman test for repeated measures
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