Safe performance of echocardiography during the COVID-19 pandemic: a practical guide.
Rev Cardiovasc Med
; 21(2): 217-223, 2020 06 30.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-675944
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has become a worldwide healthcare emergency, with continuously growing number of infected subjects. Considering the easy virus spread through respiratory droplets produced with cough, sneezes or spit or through close contact with infected people or surfaces, healthcare workers are further exposed to COVID-19. Particularly, echocardiography remains an essential diagnostic service which, due to the close contact with patients during the exam, provides echocardiographers high-risk of contagion. Therefore, the common modalities of performing echocardiography should be improved in this scenario, avoiding performing unnecessary exams, using the appropriate personal protective equipment depending on patients' status and location, optimizing time-effectiveness of the echocardiographic study and accurately sanitizing the environment and devices after each exam. This paper aims to provide a simple guide for the clinicians to balance between providing the best care to each patient and protecting themselves and other patients from the spread of the virus. It also proposes the use of the mnemonic PREVENT to resume the crucial indications to be followed for the execution of appropriate echocardiographic examination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Ecocardiografía
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Control de Infecciones
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Pandemias
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Equipo de Protección Personal
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Ensayo controlado aleatorizado
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Rev Cardiovasc Med
Asunto de la revista:
Angiología
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Cardiología
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
J.rcm.2020.02.90
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