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Best Practice Recommendations for Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound in Patients with Suspected COVID-19 #MMPMID32713618
Duggan NM; Shokoohi H; Liteplo AS; Huang C; Goldsmith AJ
J Emerg Med 2020[Oct]; 59 (4): 515-520 PMID32713618show ga
BACKGROUND: Lung point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a critical tool for evaluating patients with dyspnea in the emergency department (ED), including patients with suspected coronavirus disease (COVID)-19. However, given the threat of nosocomial disease spread, the use of ultrasound is no longer risk free. OBJECTIVE: Here, we review the lung POCUS findings in patients with COVID-19. In doing so we present a scanning protocol for lung POCUS in COVID-19 that maximizes clinical utility and provider safety. DISCUSSION: In COVID-19 lung, POCUS findings are predominantly located in the posterior and lateral lung zones bilaterally. A six-zone scanning protocol that prioritizes obtaining images in these locations optimizes provider positioning, and minimizes time spent scanning, which can reduce risk to health care workers performing POCUS. CONCLUSIONS: Lung POCUS can offer valuable clinical data when evaluating patients with COVID-19. Scanning protocols such as that presented here, which target clinical utility and decreased nosocomial disease spread, must be prioritized.