Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for COVID-19 (PoCUS4COVID): international expert consensus
- Hussain, A
- Via, G
- Melniker, L
- Goffi, A
- Tavazzi, G
- Neri, L
- Villen, T
- Hoppmann, R
- Mojoli, F
- Noble, V
- Zieleskiewicz, L
- Blanco, P
- Ma, IWY
- Abd Wahab, M
- Alsaawi, A
- Al Salamah, M
- Balik, M
- Barca, D
- Bendjelid, K
- Bouhemad, B
- Bravo-Figueroa, P
- Breitkreutz, R
- Calderon, J
- Connolly, J
- Copetti, R
- Corradi, F
- Dean, AJ
- Denault, A
- Govil, D
- Graci, C
- Ha, Y-R
- Hurtado, L
- Kameda, T
- Lanspa, M
- Laursen, CB
- Lee, F
- Liu, R
- Meineri, M
- Montorfano, M
- Nazerian, P
- Nelson, BP
- Neskovic, AN
- Nogue, R
- Osman, A
- Pazeli, J
- Pereira-Junior, E
- Petrovic, T
- Pivetta, E
- Poelaert, J
- Price, S
- Prosen, G
- Rodriguez, S
- Rola, P
- Royse, C
- Chen, YT
- Wells, M
- Wong, A
- Xiaoting, W
- Zhen, W
- Arabi, Y
DOIAbstract
COVID-19 has caused great devastation in the past year. Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) including lung ultrasound (LUS) and focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) as a clinical adjunct has played a significant role in triaging, diagnosis and medical management of COVID-19 patients. The expert panel from 27 countries and 6 continents with considerable experience of direct application of PoCUS on COVID-19 patients presents evidence-based consensus using GRADE methodology for the quality of evidence and an expedited, modified-Delphi process for the strength of expert consensus. The use of ultrasound is suggested in many clinical situations related to respiratory, cardiovascular and thromboembolic aspects of COVID-19, comparing well wi...
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