Assessment of lung injury severity using ultrasound in critically ill COVID-19 patients in resource limited settings.

Seydina Alioune BeyeBoubacar DialloModibo KeitaYacouba CissokoKhadidia OuattaraHammadoun DickoMajaliwa ShabaniAmadou SidibéModibo BerthéYaya Ibrahim CoulibalyNouhoum DianiMohamed KeitaYacouba TolobaSounkalo DaoVeronique SuttelsYoussouf CoulibalyArmand Mekontso Dessap

Published in: Annals of intensive care (2023)

Lung ultrasound was feasible and contributed to characterize lung injury in critically-ill COVID-19 patients in a low income setting. Lung ultrasound score was associated with oxygenation impairment and mortality.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
sars cov
contrast enhanced ultrasound
ultrasound guided
cardiovascular events
risk factors
computed tomography
blood flow