Point‐of‐care lung ultrasound in patients with COVID‐19 – a narrative review

Summary Ultrasound imaging of the lung and associated tissues may play an important role in the management of patients with COVID‐19–associated lung injury. Compared with other monitoring modalities, such as auscultation or radiographic imaging, we argue lung ultrasound has high diagnostic accuracy,...

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Published in:Anaesthesia 2020-08, Vol.75 (8), p.1096-1104
Main Authors: Smith, M. J., Hayward, S. A., Innes, S. M., Miller, A. S. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Clinical Competence
Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging
COVID-19
Diagnostic systems
Humans
Inservice Training - methods
Lung - diagnostic imaging
lung ultrasound
Lungs
Medical imaging
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging
Point of care testing
Point-of-Care Systems
point‐of‐care ultrasound
Respiratory failure
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Titration
training
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography - methods
Ultrasonography - standards
Ultrasound
Weaning
workforce
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