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Rich Severin DPT, PhD(c), CCS
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CVP specialist DPT & PhD Candidate @UICIPL|Thoughts & tweets are my own|I research, treat & teach movement w/ a #cvpPT lens @UICAHS & @BaylorDPT|#VitalsAreVITAL
Apr 4, 2020 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Prone positioning is not an airway clearance technique. It is used to correct ventilation to perfusion matching which is impaired in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Thread. #physiology #COVID2019 #cvpPT Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to a viral infection (ex. COVID) is not an “airway clearance” problem. It’s a ventilation to perfusion problem due to changes in the epithelial layers of the type 1 alveolar cells and pulmonary capillary.