Lung Ultrasound Integration in Assessment of Patients with Noncritical COVID-19.

Objectives: Performing lung ultrasound during the clinical assessment of patients with suspicion of noncritical COVID-19 may increase the diagnostic rate of pulmonary involvement over other diagnostic techniques used in routine clinical practice. This study aims to compare complications (readmissions, emergency department [ED] visits, and length of outpatient follow-up) in the first 30 days after ED discharge in patients with confirmed COVID-19 who were managed with versus without lung ultrasound.

Materials And Methods: Prospective, observational, analytical study in noncritical patients with confirmed respiratory disease due to SARS-CoV-2, assessed in the ED of a tertiary Spanish hospital in March and April 2020.

Diagnostic yield of point-of-care ultrasound imaging of the lung in patients with COVID-19.

Objectives: To assess the diagnostic yield of point-of-care ultrasound imaging in patients suspected of having noncritical severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection but no apparent changes on a chest radiograph.

Material And Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of a case series including patients coming to an emergency department in March and April 2020 with mild-moderate respiratory symptoms suspected to be caused by SARS-CoV-2. A point-of-care ultrasound examination of the lungs was performed on all participants as part of routine clinical care.

Point-of-care ultrasound in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a concise review.

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a widely used tool in critical care areas, allowing for the performance of accurate diagnoses and thus enhancing the decision-making process. Every major organ or system can be safely evaluated with POCUS. In that respect, the utility of POCUS in cardiac arrest is gaining interest.