Kuwait Participates In A Study To Treat Covid-19 Patients In The Icu

Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) reported participating in a scientific study that concluded that lying on the abdomen for COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICU) - one of the components of the treatment protocol - does not alleviate the need for ventilators or reduce mortality.

KUNA reported Tuesday that the study, entitled "Effect of Awake Prone Positioning on Endotracheal Ntube Intubation in Patients with COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Failure," was conducted in cooperation with American, Canadian, Saudi Arabian, and Kuwaiti research centers.

In this study of intensive care patients, engineers from Al-Amiri Hospital and Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital examined whether lying on the stomach or back would reduce patients' need for ventilators caused by acute lung failure caused by COVID-19, he said. An international scientific journal published the study, which involved four hundred patients, including forty-nine from Kuwait, on Monday, he said.

In the randomized clinical trial, patients were divided into two groups. Half of the patients grew on their stomachs for certain hours, while the other half grew on their backs. The results were not positive in reducing the need for ventilators, the professor said.
In addition to updating global treatment protocols, the study intends to update the diagnosis and treatment guidelines for patients with acute lung failure, he said.

He explained that when case of Coronavirus infections began to increase globally, many patients with pulmonary failure started lying facedown in their ICU departments, known as the prone position, as it was believed this would increase the amount of oxygen patients could take in, he said.

In treating patients with COVID-19, the use of such a method has increased to help the lungs expand and to allow sufficient air to enter the lungs; however, the study results have shown that this is not beneficial, he said. Participants in the study included Sarah Buabbas and Al-Fares, with support from both hospitals' medical and nursing staffs.

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