Usefulness of serial lung ultrasound for a severe COVID-19 patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

Souichi Ohta¹  Masayuki Iwashita²  Hiroshi Honzawa²  Kouhei Takahashi²  Ichiro Takeuchi²  Takeru Abe²  Hayato Taniguchi³ 

[1] Advanced Critical Care and Emergency Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafunecho, Minamiku, Yokohama, Japan;Advanced Critical Care and Emergency Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Urafunecho, Minamiku, Yokohama, Japan;Corresponding author.;

关键词: Coronavirus disease;    Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation;    Lung ultrasound;    Patient self-inflicted lung injury;    Point-of-care ultrasound;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Computed tomography (CT) is the most reliable method to evaluate the progression of COVID-19 pneumonitis. However, in a pandemic, transportation of critically ill invasively ventilated patients to radiology facilities is challenging, especially for those on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Notably, lung ultrasound (LUS) is a favored alternative imaging modality due to its ease of use at the point of care, which reduces the infectious risk of exposure and transmission; repeatability; absence of radiation exposure; and low cost. We demonstrated that serial LUS compares favorably with other imaging modalities in terms of usefulness for evaluating lung aeration and recovery in an ECMO-managed COVID-19 patient.

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