COVID-19 has inflicted the world for over two years. The recent mutant virus strains pose greater challenges to disease prevention and treatment. COVID-19 can cause acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and extrapulmonary injury. Dynamic monitoring of each patient’s condition is necessary to timely tailor treatments, improve prognosis and reduce mortality. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is broadly used in patients with ARDS. POCUS is recommended to be performed regularly in COVID-19 patients for respiratory failure management. In this review, we summarized the ultrasound characteristics of COVID-19 patients, mainly focusing on lung ultrasound and echocardiography. Furthermore, we also provided the experience of using POCUS to manage COVID-19-related ARDS.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome, Point-of-Care ultrasound, POCUS, 【초록키워드】 Treatment, ARDS, Respiratory failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, Prognosis, lung, echocardiography, Ultrasound, Characteristics, management, Patient, disease, COVID-19 patients, acute respiratory distress, Injury, mutant virus, strain, COVID-19 patient, respiratory distress, syndrome, dynamic, reduce mortality, IMPROVE, greater, performed, provided, patients with ARDS, 【제목키워드】 application, acute respiratory distress, respiratory distress, syndrome, patients with COVID-19,