%0 Journal Article
%T The Face of COVID-19: Facial Pressure Wounds Related to Prone Positioning in Patients Undergoing Ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit.
%A Jiang ST
%A Fang CH
%A Chen JT
%A Smith RV
%J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
%V 164
%N 2
%D 02 2021
%M 32779961
%F 5.591
%R 10.1177/0194599820951470
%X In the setting of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019)-associated moderate and severe acute respiratory distress, persistently hypoxemic patients often require prone positioning for >16 hours. We report facial pressure wounds and ear necrosis as a consequence of prone positioning in patients undergoing ventilation in the intensive care unit in a tertiary medical center in New York City.