Role of point of care ultrasound in COVID-19 pandemic: what lies beyond the horizon?
- 18 November 2020
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SRUMB - Romanian Society for Ultrasonography in Medicine and Biology in Medical Ultrasonography
- Vol. 22 (4), 461-468
- https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-2614
Abstract
The pandemic of COVID-19 requires rapid and easy access to reliable imaging modalities for diagnosis and follow up. Considering the cost-effectiveness of the imaging used, ultrasound is a non-ionizing, portable and bedside imaging modality with a high diagnostic impact in emergencies and intensive care units in pandemics, but it is operator dependent. In our article, we provide a comprehensive review of the role of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection and its impact on the lungs, cardiovascular system, eyes and abdominal organs. Moreover, ultrasound can provide real-time diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, such as the placement of a central catheter and aspiration of pericardial effusion. Awareness of health care professionals in the front-line fighting COVID-19 infection in emergency rooms, clinics, and in intensive care units is important and will help rapid and targeted management decisions.Keywords
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