Kumar Sanchit, Kumar Arvind, Goel Pawan, Vyas Surabhi, Baitha Upendra, Wig Naveet
Department of Medicine, AIIMS, Delhi, India.
Department of Radiology, AIIMS, Delhi, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):3863-3866. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_764_20. eCollection 2020 Aug.
The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 has put an immense strain on healthcare facilities around the world. Unique challenges are being faced in the adequate management of rapidly increasing number of cases while ensuring adequate healthcare providers apostrophe safety. Issues related to the difficulty of examination while wearing personal protective equipment, need for objectivity in triage and testing of patients, and evidence-based management of the critically ill has resulted in reliance on longitudinal radiological assessment. There are a number of portability, disinfection and radiation exposure related problems with the use of X-rays and computerized tomography (CT). Point of care ultrasonography provides a pragmatic, safe, and repeatable approach for addressing the pertinent clinical questions that have traditionally relied on X-rays and CT scans. Here, we summarize the use ultrasound assessment can play in the triage, identification, and subsequent management of patients with COVID-19.
持续的新型冠状病毒肺炎大流行给全球医疗设施带来了巨大压力。在妥善管理数量迅速增加的病例的同时，确保医护人员的安全面临着独特的挑战。与佩戴个人防护装备时检查困难、患者分诊和检测需要客观性以及危重症患者的循证管理相关的问题，导致人们依赖纵向放射学评估。使用X射线和计算机断层扫描（CT）存在一些与便携性、消毒和辐射暴露相关的问题。床旁超声检查为解决传统上依赖X射线和CT扫描的相关临床问题提供了一种实用、安全且可重复的方法。在此，我们总结了超声评估在新型冠状病毒肺炎患者的分诊、识别及后续管理中可发挥的作用。
