Prospective Longitudinal Evaluation of Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound in Critically Ill Patients With Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia.
Abdulrahman AlharthyFahad FaqihiMohamed AbuhamdahAlfateh NoorNasir NaseemAbdullah BalhamarAhad Alhassan Al Saud Bin Abdulaziz Al SaudPeter G BrindleyZiad A MemishDimitrios KarakitsosMichael BlaivasPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)
Point-of-care ultrasound depicted B-lines, pleural line irregularities, and variable consolidations. Lung ultrasound findings were significantly decreased by ICU discharge, suggesting persistent but slow resolution of at least some COVID-19 lung lesions. Although POCUS identified deep venous thrombosis in less than 20% of patients at the bedside, nearly one-fourth of all patients were found to have computed tomography-proven PE.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- chronic kidney disease
- ultrasound guided
- intensive care unit
- prognostic factors
- positron emission tomography
- early onset
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- magnetic resonance
- contrast enhanced
- mechanical ventilation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- respiratory failure