Advanced Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Therapy ›› 2020, Vol. 4 ›› Issue (2): 119-122.doi: 10.37015/AUDT.2020.200040

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Critical Care Ultrasound: A Necessary and Mandatory Tool for Novel Coro-navirus Pneumonia

Junyu Ma, MDa, Xiaoqing Wu, MDa, Lina Zhang, MDb, Jun Duan, MDa,*(), Xiaoting Wang, MDc,*(), Chinese Critical Care Ultrasound Study Group (CCUSG)   

  1. a Surgical Intensive Care Unit, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
    b Department of Critical Care Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
    c Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Received:2020-04-19 Online:2020-06-30 Published:2020-04-23
  • Contact: Jun Duan, MD,Xiaoting Wang, MD, E-mail:dj_mail2000@163.com;icuting@163.com

Abstract:

Ultrasound has developed as an invaluable tool in diagnosis and proper management in the critical care settings. There are four aspects of applying critical care ultrasonography, including substitutional ultrasound, predicational ultrasound, point-of-care ultrasound, and whole body ultrasound. All four aspects have been widely applied in Wuhan based on the special ultrasound lump test predicational critical patients (ULTPCP) protocol. We aim to introduce our own experience of utilizing critical care ultrasound to significantly improve outcomes, shorten the operation time, and reduce occupational exposure.

Key words: Intensive care; Point-of-care ultrasound; COVID-19 Pneumonia