Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
usando posición prono vigil intermitente
English translation:
using the intermittent awake prone position
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liz askew
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usando posición prono vigil intermitente
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COVID-19
This phrase occurs several times in a flowchart for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the context below. My first thought is that "usando posición prono" means 'with patient in prone position' and "vigil intermitente" is a separate thought meaning 'check intermittently' - but now I'm wondering if it's some kind of setting on the oxygen equipment. I'd be grateful to hear what you guys think.
Si continúa aumentado el distrés respiratorio del paciente o SpO2 es menor a 90% y se presentan señales de alarma:
Utilizar máscara de oxígeno con reservorio
Aumento el flujo de oxígeno de 10 a 15 L/min
Utilizar puntas nasales **usando posición prono vigil intermitente**
Asegurarse que la bolsa se infle
Buscar ayuda de un clínico experto por interconsulta virtual o presencial
Evaluar remisión al segundo nivel de atención
Si continúa aumentado el distrés respiratorio del paciente o SpO2 es menor a 90% y se presentan señales de alarma:
Utilizar máscara de oxígeno con reservorio
Aumento el flujo de oxígeno de 10 a 15 L/min
Utilizar puntas nasales **usando posición prono vigil intermitente**
Asegurarse que la bolsa se infle
Buscar ayuda de un clínico experto por interconsulta virtual o presencial
Evaluar remisión al segundo nivel de atención
Proposed translations
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| 4 | using the intermittent awake prone position |
liz askew
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| 3 | using an intermittent vigil prone position |
Lisa Rosengard
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Sep 22, 2020 10:59: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/62649">Muriel Vasconcellos's</a> old entry - "usando posición prono vigil intermitente"" to ""using the intermittent awake prone position""
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using the intermittent awake prone position
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Protocol for awake prone positioning in COVID-19 patients: to ...ccforum.biomedcentral.com › articles
23 Jun 2020 - Prone position (PP) ventilation is usually used as a salvage treatment for COVID-19 in critical cases. In our study, awake PP was applied early ...
by G Bower - 2020
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HSE Library » What is the evidence to support prone ...hselibrary.ie › what-is-the-evidence-to-support-prone-p...
What is the evidence to support prone positioning of awake COVID-19 ... adopting the awake prone position in novel coronavirus pneumonia patients ... Nonetheless, all cases describe generally short periods of intermittent proning that is well ...
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or
if you prefer
intermittent awake prone positioning
Awake Proning in COVID-19 Patients With Hypoxemic ...clinicaltrials.gov › show › NCT04408222
29 May 2020 - The prone position improves oxygenation in intubated patients with ... Awake prone positioning was implemented based on the health care ...
Web results
Protocol for awake prone positioning in COVID-19 patients: to ...ccforum.biomedcentral.com › articles
23 Jun 2020 - Prone position (PP) ventilation is usually used as a salvage treatment for COVID-19 in critical cases. In our study, awake PP was applied early ...
by G Bower - 2020
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-07-29 12:54:12 GMT)
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HSE Library » What is the evidence to support prone ...hselibrary.ie › what-is-the-evidence-to-support-prone-p...
What is the evidence to support prone positioning of awake COVID-19 ... adopting the awake prone position in novel coronavirus pneumonia patients ... Nonetheless, all cases describe generally short periods of intermittent proning that is well ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2020-07-29 12:55:07 GMT)
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or
if you prefer
intermittent awake prone positioning
Awake Proning in COVID-19 Patients With Hypoxemic ...clinicaltrials.gov › show › NCT04408222
29 May 2020 - The prone position improves oxygenation in intubated patients with ... Awake prone positioning was implemented based on the health care ...
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using an intermittent vigil prone position
"In the case of a patient's continued increasing distress (or Sp O2 less than 90%), and if there are signs of alarm:
Use an oxygen mask with reserve
Increase flow of oxygen from 10 to 15 L/min
Use nasal points 'using an intermittent vigil prone position'
Make sure that the bag is inflating
Seek help from a clinical expert by virtual consultation or in person.
Evaluate referral to the second level for attention."
Use an oxygen mask with reserve
Increase flow of oxygen from 10 to 15 L/min
Use nasal points 'using an intermittent vigil prone position'
Make sure that the bag is inflating
Seek help from a clinical expert by virtual consultation or in person.
Evaluate referral to the second level for attention."
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Reference:
I think your intial thoughts are in the right direction
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a clinical trial on the subject
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Discussion
I guess I should have cleared that up also, but your source listing shows some inconsistencies -I guess to avoid exposing the original text- and so I did not want to get into too much detail. It is clear though that "evaluar remisión a segundo nivel" conveys that we are in an emergency situation on a first healthcare level setting, where prone positioning (& nasal cannula) would be contraindicated on a severe respiratory distress with loss of consciousness (and that is why it is important to stress here that the patient must be awake when proning). Nothing to do with an ICU setting where a patient in severe distress will be sedated, as your cardiologist points out. In an emergency situation on a primary healthcare setting you might shift from proning to sitting/supine position in cases like this -rather than to lateral position, as they might do in an ICU.
Intermittent awake proning (i.e. here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7251409/#__ffn_... )
There are different protocols so as to how best to do this (i.e. prone position for a duration of 1-2 hours, every 4 hours, while awake), but they all refer to keeping the patient facing down at given intervals while the patient is awake.