tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
J Emerg Med
. 2020 Jun 12;S0736-4679(20)30581-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.06.032. Online ahead of print.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of COVID-19
Eric R Abrams[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gabriel Rose[SUP] 1 [/SUP], J Matthew Fields[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Dasia Esener[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Covid; coronavirus; emergency ultrasound; lung ultrasound; point of care ultrasound; thoracic ultrasound.
. 2020 Jun 12;S0736-4679(20)30581-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.06.032. Online ahead of print.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of COVID-19
Eric R Abrams[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gabriel Rose[SUP] 1 [/SUP], J Matthew Fields[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Dasia Esener[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32712031
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.06.032
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Covid; coronavirus; emergency ultrasound; lung ultrasound; point of care ultrasound; thoracic ultrasound.