TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical progress note
T2 - Point-of-care ultrasound applications in COVID-19
AU - Mathews, Benji K.
AU - Koenig, Seth
AU - Kurian, Linda
AU - Galen, Benjamin
AU - Mints, Gregory
AU - Liu, Gigi
AU - Soni, Nilam J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Society of Hospital Medicine
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Although most patients (81%) develop mild illness, 14% develop severe illness, and 5% develop critical illness, including acute respiratory failure, septic shock, and multiorgan dysfunction.1 Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), or bedside ultrasound performed by a clinician caring for the patient, is being used to support the diagnosis and serially monitor patients with COVID-19. We performed a literature search of electronically discoverable peer-reviewed publications on POCUS use in COVID-19 from December 1, 2019, to April 10, 2020. We review key POCUS applications that are most relevant to frontline providers in the care of COVID-19 patients.
AB - COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Although most patients (81%) develop mild illness, 14% develop severe illness, and 5% develop critical illness, including acute respiratory failure, septic shock, and multiorgan dysfunction.1 Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), or bedside ultrasound performed by a clinician caring for the patient, is being used to support the diagnosis and serially monitor patients with COVID-19. We performed a literature search of electronically discoverable peer-reviewed publications on POCUS use in COVID-19 from December 1, 2019, to April 10, 2020. We review key POCUS applications that are most relevant to frontline providers in the care of COVID-19 patients.
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U2 - 10.12788/jhm.3454
DO - 10.12788/jhm.3454
M3 - Article
C2 - 32490807
AN - SCOPUS:85086420442
SN - 1553-5592
VL - 15
SP - 353
EP - 355
JO - Journal of hospital medicine
JF - Journal of hospital medicine
IS - 6
ER -