Authors' Reply – Comments: Influence of the prone position on a stretcher for pregnant women on maternal and fetal hemodynamic parameters and comfort in pregnancy

Proning in Pregnancies Complicated by Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. A Call to Action During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

“…The latest gestation at which proning was described in a critically ill patient is 34 weeks in singleton (14). However, studies in healthy individuals that evaluated maternal-fetal hemodynamic parameters are described as far as 37 weeks (15). None of our patients that were proned suffered any complications during proning.…”

“…Contrary to the common concern of aortocaval compression during the prone position in pregnancy, the prone position provides optimal venous return (19). No clinically significant hemodynamic changes occurred during proning in healthy subjects (15) or those with hypertensive disorders (20).…”