Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of COVID-19
| Autor: | Dasia Esener, J. Matthew Fields, Eric Abrams, Gabriel Rose |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Point-of-Care Systems Pneumonia Viral 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Article Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences Patient safety 0302 clinical medicine Health care Pandemic Disease Transmission Infectious medicine Humans Emergency ultrasound Infection control Pandemics Occupational Health Infection Control business.industry COVID-19 Ultrasonography Doppler 030208 emergency & critical care medicine medicine.disease Triage Emergency Medicine Female Patient Safety Medical emergency Coronavirus Infections Emergency Service Hospital business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| ISSN: | 0736-4679 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.06.032 |
| Popis: | Background The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has caused a pandemic, overwhelming health care systems around the world. Hospitals around the world, including the United States, have been struggling to adapt to the influx of patients with COVID-19, the illness caused by SARS-CoV2, given limited resources and high demand for medical care. Objectives This article seeks to provide emergency physicians with a guide to sonographic findings in COVID-19 and an algorithm by which point-of-care lung ultrasound may assist emergency physicians caring for these patients during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Discussion The studies currently being published have established a typical set of ultrasound findings in COVID-19. Point-of-care lung ultrasound is rapid and accessible in most emergency departments in the United States, and even in many resource-poor settings. Conclusion Point-of-care ultrasound provides numerous benefits to emergency providers caring for patients with COVID-19, including decreasing resource utilization, assisting in diagnosis, guiding management of the critically ill patient, and aiding in rapid triage of patients under investigations for COVID-19. |
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