Advance in Point-of-care Ultrasound for Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients (review) / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

In addition to primary diseases, critically ill patients often suffered from multiple functional disorders, including pulmonary dysfunction. Pulmonary rehabilitation can effectively improve the lung and overall function of patients, which need assistance of relevant examinations. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can not only help to diagnose, evaluate, monitor and treat the disease faster, more accurate and safer, but also reduce the adverse events resulting from handling, activities and radiation, which is applied more extensively in critical patients accepting pulmonary rehabilitation.