Critical Care Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
; 33(8): 1040-1047, 2020 08.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-342809
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed an extraordinary strain on healthcare systems across North America. Defining the optimal approach for managing a critically ill COVID-19 patient is rapidly changing. Goal-directed transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is frequently used by physicians caring for intubated critically ill patients as a reliable imaging modality that is well suited to answer questions at bedside.METHODS:
A multidisciplinary (intensive care, critical care cardiology, and emergency medicine) group of experts in point-of-care echocardiography and TEE from the United States and Canada convened to review the available evidence, share experiences, and produce a consensus statement aiming to provide clinicians with a framework to maximize the safety of patients and healthcare providers when considering focused point-of-care TEE in critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.RESULTS:
Although transthoracic echocardiography can provide the information needed in most patients, there are specific scenarios in which TEE represents the modality of choice. TEE provides acute care clinicians with a goal-directed framework to guide clinical care and represents an ideal modality to evaluate hemodynamic instability during prone ventilation, perform serial evaluations of the lungs, support cardiac arrest resuscitation, and guide veno-venous ECMO cannulation. To aid other clinicians in performing TEE during the COVID-19 pandemic, we describe a set of principles and practical aspects for performing examinations with a focus on the logistics, personnel, and equipment required before, during, and after an examination.CONCLUSIONS:
In the right clinical scenario, TEE is a tool that can provide the information needed to deliver the best and safest possible care for the critically ill patients.Palabras clave
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Bases de datos internacionales
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Infección Hospitalaria
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Ecocardiografía Transesofágica
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Cuidados Críticos
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Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Grave
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Pandemias
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio experimental
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Investigación cualitativa
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Ensayo controlado aleatorizado
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
America del Norte
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
Asunto de la revista:
Diagnóstico por Imagen
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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