1. Role of point of care ultrasound in COVID-19 pandemic: what lies beyond the horizon?
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Galluccio, Felice, Ergonenc, Tolga, Altinpulluk, Ece Yamak, Herrero, Maria Perez, De la Torre Carpente, Maria del Mar, Capassoni, Marco, Espinoza, Karla, Benedi, Cristian Aragon, El-Sayed, Allam Abdallah, Orzalesi, Vanni, Perez, Mario Fajardo, Yamak Altinpulluk, Ece, Perez Herrero, Maria, Aragon Benedi, Cristian, Allam, Abdallah El-Sayed, Fajardo Perez, Mario, and El-Sayed, Abdallah Allam
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COVID-19 pandemic , *MEDICAL personnel , *COVID-19 , *INTENSIVE care units , *CARDIOVASCULAR system , *COVID-19 testing - Abstract
The pandemic of COVID-19 requires rapid and easy access to reliable imaging modalities for diagnosis and follow up. Considering the cost-effectiveness of the imaging used, ultrasound is a non-ionizing, portable and bedside imaging modality with a high diagnostic impact in emergencies and intensive care units in pandemics, but it is operator dependent. In our article, we provide a comprehensive review of the role of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection and its impact on the lungs, cardiovascular system, eyes and abdominal organs. Moreover, ultrasound can provide real-time diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, such as the placement of a central catheter and aspiration of pericardial effusion. Awareness of health care professionals in the front-line fighting COVID-19 infection in emergency rooms, clinics, and in intensive care units is important and will help rapid and targeted management decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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