Follow-up lung ultrasound to monitor lung failure in COVID-19 ICU patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Point-of-care lung ultrasound (LU) is an established tool in the first assessment of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To assess the progression or regression of respiratory failure in critically ill patients with COVID-19 on Intensive Care Unit (ICU) by using LU.

Materials and methods

We analyzed all patients admitted to Internal Intensive Care Unit, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) of Munich, from March 2020 to December 2020 suffering lung failure caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2). LU was performed according to a standardized protocol at baseline and at follow up every other day for the first 15 days using a lung ultrasound score (LUSS). Ventilation data were collected simultaneously.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Barnikel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9282475 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature