Emergency Department Point-Of-Care Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound in Predicting COVID-19 Severity.

Cristiana BaloescuGabriel E WeingartChristopher L Moore

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2023)

POCUS findings of previously unidentified decreased LVEF and pleural line abnormalities in patients with COVID-19 evaluated in the ED were correlated to a more severe clinical course and worse prognosis.

Keyphrases

emergency department
coronavirus disease
sars cov
left ventricular
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
early onset
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
ultrasound guided
drug induced
heart failure
adverse drug