Level of Diffusion and Training of Lung Ultrasound during the COVID-19 Pandemic - A National Online Italian Survey (ITALUS) from the Lung Ultrasound Working Group of the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care (SIAARTI).
Ultraschall Med
; 43(5): 464-472, 2022 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2077144
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The goal of this survey was to describe the use and diffusion of lung ultrasound (LUS), the level of training received before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the clinical impact LUS has had on COVID-19 cases in intensive care units (ICU) from February 2020 to May 2020. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
The Italian Lung Ultrasound Survey (ITALUS) was a nationwide online survey proposed to Italian anesthesiologists and intensive care physicians carried out after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. It consisted of 27 questions, both quantitative and qualitative.RESULTS:
807 responded to the survey. The median previous LUS experience was 3 years (IQR 1.0-6.0). 473 (60.9â%) reported having attended at least one training course on LUS before the COVID-19 pandemic. 519 (73.9â%) reported knowing how to use the LUS score. 404 (52â%) reported being able to use LUS without any supervision. 479 (68.2â%) said that LUS influenced their clinical decision-making, mostly with respect to patient monitoring. During the pandemic, the median of patients daily evaluated with LUS increased 3-fold (pâ<â0.001), daily use of general LUS increased from 10.4â% to 28.9â% (pâ<â0.001), and the daily use of LUS score in particular increased from 1.6â% to 9.0â% (pâ<â0.001).CONCLUSION:
This survey showed that LUS was already extensively used during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by anesthesiologists and intensive care physicians in Italy, and then its adoption increased further. Residency programs are already progressively implementing LUS teaching. However, 76.7â% of the sample did not undertake any LUS certification.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Analgesia
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Anesthesia
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Ultraschall Med
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
A-1634-4710
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