PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Jose C Flores AU - Ana Imaz AU - Jesús López-Herce AU - Carlota Seriñá TI - Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Child With Malaria: Favorable Response to Prone Positioning DP - 2004 Mar 01 TA - Respiratory Care PG - 282--285 VI - 49 IP - 3 4099 - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/49/3/282.short 4100 - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/49/3/282.full AB - We present the case of a 4-year-old boy with malaria who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome with severe hypoxemia refractory to mechanical ventilation and inhaled nitric oxide. Placing the patient in prone position immediately and persistently improved oxygenation: the ratio of PaO2 to fraction of inspired oxygen rose from 47 to 180 mm Hg and the oxygenation index decreased from 40 to 11. The patient survived, with no respiratory sequelae.