Goldberg Alan B, Kyung Stella, Swearingen Sean, Rao Anupama
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Echocardiography. 2020 Aug;37(8):1272-1277. doi: 10.1111/echo.14763. Epub 2020 Jul 13.
COVID-19 poses a unique set of challenges to the healthcare system due to its rapid spread, intensive resource utilization, and relatively high morbidity and mortality. Healthcare workers are at especially high risk of exposure given the viruses spread through close contact. Reported cardiac complications of COVID-19 include myocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, cardiomyopathy, pericardial effusion, arrhythmia, and shock. Thus, echocardiography is integral in the timely diagnosis and clinical management of COVID-19 patients. Rush University Medical Center has been at the forefront of the COVID-19 response in Illinois with high numbers of cases reported in Chicago and surrounding areas. The echocardiography laboratory at Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) proactively took numerous steps to balance the imaging needs of a busy, nearly 700-bed academic medical center while maintaining safety.
由于新冠病毒传播迅速、资源利用密集且发病率和死亡率相对较高，新冠疫情给医疗系统带来了一系列独特挑战。鉴于病毒通过密切接触传播，医护人员面临的暴露风险尤其高。报告显示，新冠病毒的心脏并发症包括心肌炎、急性冠状动脉综合征、心肌病、心包积液、心律失常和休克。因此，超声心动图对于新冠患者的及时诊断和临床管理至关重要。拉什大学医学中心在伊利诺伊州应对新冠疫情中处于前沿位置，芝加哥及周边地区报告了大量病例。拉什大学医学中心（RUMC）的超声心动图实验室积极采取了多项措施，在保持安全的同时，平衡一所拥有近700张床位的繁忙学术医疗中心的成像需求。
