Lung ultrasound in a respiratory pandemic
| Autor: | Amy McAllister, Jana Alexander, Amaali Lokuge, Benjamin Land |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Point-of-Care Systems medicine.medical_treatment Pneumonia Viral Thoracic Cavity Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Severity of Illness Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pandemic Severity of illness Intubation Intratracheal medicine Humans Intubation 030212 general & internal medicine Respiratory system Medical diagnosis Lung Pandemics Respiratory distress business.industry Ultrasound Australia COVID-19 Ultrasonography Doppler 030208 emergency & critical care medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Female Coronavirus Infections Emergency Service Hospital business |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Medicine Australasia |
| ISSN: | 1742-6723 1742-6731 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1742-6723.13575 |
| Popis: | Australian hospitals have prepared for a major surge in patients due to the infectious respiratory pandemic COVID-19. In other nations, patient presentations have overwhelmed resources. Ultrasound has been shown to be an effective tool to exclude significant life-threats in resource poor settings. In this article, we will describe three lung ultrasound algorithms for the emergency diagnosis of patients presenting with respiratory symptoms during a COVID-19 pandemic: (i) LUSC19: lung ultrasound to assess the severity of COVID-19; (ii) LUSAC: lung ultrasound to exclude alternative causes of respiratory distress; and (iii) LUSI: lung ultrasound following intubation. We anticipate that emergency physicians will use these algorithms during the upcoming respiratory pandemic to rapidly determine the severity of COVID-19 infection, to seek and treat significant alternative diagnoses and ensure endotracheal intubation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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