Monitoring of pulmonary involvement in critically ill COVID-19 patients - should lung ultrasound be preferred over CT?
Arthur W E LieveldMicah L A HeldewegJasper SchouwenburgLars VeldhuisMark E HaaksmaRutger M van HaaftenBerend P TeunissenJasper M SmitJos TwiskLeo HeunksPrabath W B NanayakkaraPieter Roel TuinmanPublished in: The ultrasound journal (2023)
LUSS correlated with CTSS throughout ICU admission but performed similar or better at agreement between raters and mortality prognostication. Given the benefits of LUS over CT, it should be preferred as initial monitoring tool.
Keyphrases
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- emergency department
- intensive care unit
- sars cov
- pulmonary hypertension
- positron emission tomography
- cardiovascular events
- mechanical ventilation
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- magnetic resonance
- coronary artery disease
- ultrasound guided
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- pet ct