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✅ Prone positioning (PP) leads to more homogenous inflation of lungs
✅ This improves oxygenation, and reduces mortality in severe ARDS
✅ HFNC & PP is a possible strategy to consider to avoid intubation (especially in COVID pandemic), but more studies are needed