Clinical Review: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Evaluation of COVID-19

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has caused a pandemic overwhelming healthcare systems around the world. Hospitals around the world, including the United States, have been struggling to adapt to the influx of patients with COVID-19, the illness caused by SARS-CoV2, given limited resources and high demand for medical care. Point of care ultrasound provides numerous benefits to emergency providers caring for patients with COVID-19 including decreasing resource utilization, assisting in diagnosis, guiding management of the critically ill patient, and aiding in rapid triage of patients under investigations for COVID-19.

Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - June 11, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Eric R. Abrams, Gabriel Rose, J. Matthew Fields, Dasia Esener Tags: Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research