Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for COVID-19 (PoCUS4COVID): international expert consensus

A Hussain; G Via; L Melniker; A Goffi; G Tavazzi; L Neri; T Villen; R Hoppmann; F Mojoli; V Noble; L Zieleskiewicz; P Blanco; IWY Ma; MA Wahab; A Alsaawi; M Al Salamah; M Balik; D Barca; K Bendjelid; B Bouhemad; P Bravo-Figueroa; R Breitkreutz; J Calderon; J Connolly; R Copetti; F Corradi; AJ Dean; A Denault; D Govil; C Graci; YR Ha; L Hurtado; T Kameda; M Lanspa; CB Laursen; F Lee; R Liu; M Meineri; M Montorfano; P Nazerian; BP Nelson; AN Neskovic; R Nogue; A Osman; J Pazeli; E Pereira-Junior; T Petrovic; E Pivetta; J Poelaert; S Price; G Prosen; S Rodriguez; P Rola; C Royse; YT Chen; M Wells; A Wong; W Xiaoting; W Zhen; Y Arabi

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Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for COVID-19 (PoCUS4COVID): international expert consensus

A Hussain, G Via, L Melniker, A Goffi, G Tavazzi, L Neri, T Villen, R Hoppmann, F Mojoli, V Noble, L Zieleskiewicz, P Blanco, IWY Ma, MA Wahab, A Alsaawi, M Al Salamah, M Balik, D Barca, K Bendjelid, B Bouhemad Show all

Critical Care | BMC | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1186/s13054-020-03369-5

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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 thr..

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