Lung ultrasound predicts clinical course and outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
Yael LichterYan TopilskyPhilippe TaiebAriel BanaiAviram HochstadtIlan MerdlerAmir Gal OzJacob VineOr GorenBarak CohenOrly SapirYoav GranotTomer MannShirley FriedmanYoel AngelNimrod AdiMichal Laufer-PerlMerav IngbirYaron ArbelIdit MatotYishay SzekelyPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2020)
Hospitalized patients with COVID-19, at all clinical grades, present with pathological LUS findings. Baseline LUS score strongly correlates with the eventual need for invasive mechanical ventilation and is a strong predictor of mortality. Routine use of LUS may guide patients' management strategies, as well as resource allocation in case of surge capacity.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- end stage renal disease
- intensive care unit
- ejection fraction
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- sars cov
- magnetic resonance imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- clinical practice
- cardiovascular disease
- computed tomography
- patient reported outcomes
- metabolic syndrome
- respiratory failure
- adipose tissue
- patient reported
- contrast enhanced ultrasound