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www.guidogiusti.it POSITION: PRONE VS. SUPINE www.etce.it ANESTHESIOLOGIC IMPLICATIONS
• COMPRESSION OF INFERIOR VENA CAVA (VENOUS RETURN, RISK OF THROMBOEMBOLISM
• INCREASE OF INTRATHORACIC PRESSURE
• DAMAGE OF CNS (ARTERIAL AND/OR VENOUS OCCLUSION, LESION OF CERVICAL SPINE)
• DAMAGE OF PNS (DUE TO NERVOUS ISCHEMIA, STRETCHING OR PRESSURE)
• THROMBOEMBOLISM
• DIFFICULT MANAGEMENT OF THE AIRWAYS AND OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISTRICT DURING EMERGENCY
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