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Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of COVID-19.


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.

SUBMITTER: Abrams ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7290172 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of COVID-19.

Abrams Eric R ER   Rose Gabriel G   Fields J Matthew JM   Esener Dasia D  

The Journal of emergency medicine 20200612 3


<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Objectives</h4>This article seeks to provide emergency physicians with a guide to sonographic findings in COVID-19 and an algorithm by which point-of-ca  ...[more]

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