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Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for COVID-19 (PoCUS4COVID): international expert consensus
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- Hussain, Arif; Via, Gabriele; Melniker, Lawrence; Goffi, Alberto; Tavazzi, Guido; Neri, Luca; Villen, Tomas; Hoppmann, Richard; Mojoli, Francesco; Noble, Vicki; Zieleskiewicz, Laurent; Blanco, Pablo; Ma, Irene W Y; Wahab, Mahathar Abd; Alsaawi, Abdulmohsen; Al Salamah, Majid; Balik, Martin; Barca, Diego; Bendjelid, Karim; Bouhemad, Belaid; Bravo-Figueroa, Pablo; Breitkreutz, Raoul; Calderon, Juan; Connolly, Jim; Copetti, Roberto; Corradi, Francesco; Dean, Anthony J; Denault, André; Govil, Deepak; Graci, Carmela; et al (2020). Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for COVID-19 (PoCUS4COVID): international expert consensus. Critical Care, 24(1):702.
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- COVID-19 has caused great devastation in the past year. Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) including lung ultrasound (LUS) and focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) as a clinical adjunct has played a significant role in triaging, diagnosis and medical management of COVID-19 patients. The expert panel from 27 countries and 6 continents with considerable experience of direct application of PoCUS on COVID-19 patients presents evidence-based consensus using GRADE methodology for the quality of evidence and an expedited, modified-Delphi process for the strength of expert consensus. The use of ultrasound is suggested in many clinical situations related to respiratory, cardiovascular and thromboembolic aspects of COVID-19, comparing well with other imaging modalities. The limitations due to insufficient data are highlighted as opportunities for future research.
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- Journal :
- Hussain, Arif; Via, Gabriele; Melniker, Lawrence; Goffi, Alberto; Tavazzi, Guido; Neri, Luca; Villen, Tomas; Hoppmann, Richard; Mojoli, Francesco; Noble, Vicki; Zieleskiewicz, Laurent; Blanco, Pablo; Ma, Irene W Y; Wahab, Mahathar Abd; Alsaawi, Abdulmohsen; Al Salamah, Majid; Balik, Martin; Barca, Diego; Bendjelid, Karim; Bouhemad, Belaid; Bravo-Figueroa, Pablo; Breitkreutz, Raoul; Calderon, Juan; Connolly, Jim; Copetti, Roberto; Corradi, Francesco; Dean, Anthony J; Denault, André; Govil, Deepak; Graci, Carmela; et al (2020). Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for COVID-19 (PoCUS4COVID): international expert consensus. Critical Care, 24(1):702.
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- application/pdf, info:doi/10.5167/uzh-195565, English
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1443034727
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource