Scientific studies on the added value of the FlipProne XL’s functionality:

Prone Positioning 

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8. Powers J. The 5 P’s spell positive outcomes for ARDS patients. American Nurse Today.2007;2(3):34–38 https://www.myamericannurse.com/the-five-ps-spell-positive-outcomes-for-ards-patients/
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11. Waleed Alhazzani1,2 , Morten Hylander Møller3,4 , Yaseen M. Arabi5 , Mark Loeb1,2, Michelle Ng Gong6 , Eddy Fan7 , Simon Oczkowski1,2 , Mitchell M. Levy8,9, Lennie Derde10,11 , Amy Dzierba12 , Bin Du13 , Michael Aboodi6 , Hannah Wunsch14,15 , Maurizio Cecconi16,17 , Younsuck Koh18 , Daniel S. Chertow19 , Kathryn Maitland20 , Fayez Alshamsi21 , Emilie Belley-Cote1,22 , Massimiliano Greco16,17 , Matthew Laundy23 , Jill S. Morgan24 , Jozef Kesecioglu10 , Allison McGeer25 , Leonard Mermel8 , Manoj J. Mammen 26 , Paul E. Alexander2,27 , Amy Arrington28 , John Centofanti29 , Giuseppe Citerio30,31 , Bandar Baw1,32 , Ziad A. Memish33 , Naomi Hammond34,35 , Frederick G. Hayden36 , Laura Evans37 , Andrew Rhodes38. (2020). Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).Intensive Care Medicine.Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-020-06022-5.