Observational studyJournal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography2020
Tablet-Based Limited Echocardiography to Reduce Sonographer Scan and Decontamination Time during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Longitudinal Assessment of Global and Regional Left Ventricular Strain in Patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).Pediatric cardiology · 2022Article
- Echocardiography in COVID-19 Pandemic: Clinical Findings and the Importance of Emerging Technology.Cardiac electrophysiology clinics · 2022Review
- Demographic, clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic characteristics of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and cardiac disease at a tertiary hospital, South Africa.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2021Article
- Echocardiographic Manifestations in COVID-19: A Review.Heart, lung & circulation · 2021Review
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Role of Cardiac Sonographers.Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 2021Review
- One clot after another in COVID-19 patient: diagnostic utility of handheld echocardiogram.Oxford medical case reports · 2021Article
- Things You Should Know in the Performing Echocardiographic Examination in Patients with COVID-19.Journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2021Review
- Overview of Current International Recommendations for Echocardiography Exams During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Local Implementation in Austria.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for COVID-19 (PoCUS4COVID): international expert consensus.Critical care (London, England) · 2020Review
- Impact of Focused Echocardiography on Scan Time and Diagnostic Quality in Patients with COVID-19.Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 2020Article
- In-hospital Routes of Acute Heart Failure Admissions During COVID-19.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2020Article
- Point-of-care Cardiac Ultrasound in Coronavirus Disease 2019: Indications and Potentials.Journal of cardiovascular echographyReview
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Abstract
backgroundLimited assessments with handheld ultrasound have found meaningful clinical use in the care of acutely ill patients. However, there are limited data on incorporating handheld-based limited echocardiography into the echocardiography laboratory. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of limited handheld tablet echocardiography as an alternative to traditional echocardiography during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as a means to limit exposure while providing essential clinical information.
methodsNinety consecutive inpatients with known or suspected COVID-19 were scanned according to laboratory COVID-19 guidelines using a limited 11- to 20-clip protocol on a tablet sonograph. The primary assessment was length of study time. Comparison data were drawn from comprehensive echocardiographic examinations ordered on intensive care patients not under COVID-19 precautions.
resultsOver a 36-day time period, a total of 91 requests were deemed to be appropriate for echocardiography on patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (average age, 67 years; 64% men; mean body mass index, 32 kg/m
conclusionsLimited handheld echocardiography can be successfully implemented in the echocardiography laboratory for screening of COVID-19-related cardiac conditions. The protocol performed with handheld tablet ultrasound provides adequate diagnostic information of major cardiac complications of COVID-19 while decreasing sonographer contact and simplifying decontamination.
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