Point-of-care ultrasound to assess volume status and pulmonary oedema in malaria patients.

Christina M PuglieseBayode R AdegbiteJean R EdoaGhyslain Mombo-NgomaFridia A Obone-AtomeCharlotte C HeuvelingsSabine BélardLaura C KalkmanStije J LeopoldThomas HänscheidAyola A AdegnikaMischa A HusonMartin Peter Grobusch

Published in: Infection (2021)

In malaria patients, POCUS of the IVC and lungs may improve the assessment of volume status and detect early oedema, which could help to manage fluids in these patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance imaging
pulmonary hypertension
inferior vena cava