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
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- sars cov
- emergency department
- pulmonary hypertension
- intensive care unit
- positron emission tomography
- mechanical ventilation
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- acute respiratory distress syndrome