Ultrasound in the management of the critically ill patient with SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) : narrative review

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The clinical picture of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) is characterized in its more severe form, by an acute respiratory failure which can worsen to pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and get complicated with thrombotic events and heart dysfunction. Therefore, admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is common. Ultrasound, which has become an everyday tool in the ICU, can be very useful during COVID-19 pandemic, since it provides the clinician with information which can be interpreted and integrated within a global assessment during the physical examination. A description of some of the potential applications of ultrasound is depicted in this document, in order to supply the physicians taking care of these patients with an adapted guide to the intensive care setting. Some of its applications since ICU admission include verification of the correct position of the endotracheal tube, contribution to safe cannulation of lines, and identification of complications and thrombotic events. Furthermore, pleural and lung ultrasound can be an alternative diagnostic test to assess the degree of involvement of the lung parenchyma by means of the evaluation of specific ultrasound patterns, identification of pleural effusions and barotrauma. Echocardiography provides information of heart involvement, detects cor pulmonale and shock states.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Medicina intensiva - 44(2020), 9 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 551-565

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Ecografía en el manejo del paciente crítico con infección por SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): una revisión narrativa

Beteiligte Personen:

Fraile Gutiérrez, V [VerfasserIn]
Ayuela Azcárate, J M [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Torres, D [VerfasserIn]
Zapata, L [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez Yakushev, A [VerfasserIn]
Ochagavía, A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coronavirus
Critically ill
Echocardiography
Echography
Journal Article
Review
Ultrasound

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Date Completed 16.12.2020

Date Revised 24.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.medin.2020.04.016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31106695X