Special Article - The role of hand-held ultrasound for cardiopulmonary assessment during a pandemic.
Prog Cardiovasc Dis
; 63(5): 690-695, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-974477
ABSTRACT
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are likely to see a significant increase in the requests for rapid assessment of cardiac function, due to the frequent pre-existence of cardiac pathologies in patients admitted to hospital, and to the emergence of specific cardiac manifestations of this infection, such as myocarditis, sepsis related cardiomyopathy, stress induced cardiomyopathy and acute coronary syndromes. Hand-held, point-of-care ultrasound (HH-POCUS) is particularly suited for the provision of rapid, focused, integrated assessments of the heart and lungs. We present a review of the indications and protocols for focused HH-POCUS use in an acute setting and formulate proposals for streamlining their application in the COVID-19 context towards guiding optimum management of these patients while at the same time allowing adherence to robust infection control measures to provide safety to both the patient and our clinical staff.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Transducers
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Echocardiography
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Point-of-Care Testing
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Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma
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COVID-19
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Heart
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Heart Diseases
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Lung
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Prog Cardiovasc Dis
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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