Contemporary Nursing

Objective To analyze the effect of prone position nursing intervention on extremely premature infants receiving ventilator-assisted ventilation. Methods Eighty extremely premature infants receiving ventilator-assisted ventilation from April 2024 to August 2025 were randomly divided into a control group (n=40, receiving supine position ventilation) and an observation group (n=40, receiving prone position ventilation). The two groups were compared in terms of duration of ventilator ventilation, oxygenation index, oxygenation time, and arterial blood gas parameters, as well as the incidence of complications. Results The duration of ventilator ventilation and oxygenation time in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05); the oxygenation index in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). Before the intervention, all blood gas indices in both groups were poor and not statistically significant (P>0.05). After the intervention, blood gas indices improved in both groups, with all blood gas indices in the observation group significantly better than those in the control group (P<0.05). The complication rate in the observation group was lower than that in the control group, with statistically significant differences (P<0.05). Conclusion Prone positioning intervention nursing has significant application value for extremely premature infants receiving ventilator-assisted ventilation, improving blood gas indices and oxygenation index, shortening ventilation and oxygenation time, and reducing the incidence of complications.

Prone positioning intervention nursing; Ventilator-assisted ventilation; Extremely premature infants