Role of Ultrasound for Management of Critical Severe COVID-19 Patients with ECMO

Gao, MD Shunji; Ren, MD Liuqiong; Gao, MD Wenhong; Huang, MD Qun’an; Wu, MD Shengzheng; Hu, MD Jianqiu; Gao, MD Yuejuan; Lv, MD Faqin; Xiang, MD Huijuan

doi:10.37015/AUDT.2020.200033

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2020 , Vol. 4 >Issue 2: 134 - 137

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37015/AUDT.2020.200033

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Role of Ultrasound for Management of Critical Severe COVID-19 Patients with ECMO

Gao, MD Shunji ,
Ren, MD Liuqiong ,
Gao, MD Wenhong ,
Huang, MD Qun’an ,
Wu, MD Shengzheng ,
Hu, MD Jianqiu ,
Gao, MD Yuejuan ,
Lv, MD Faqin ,
Xiang, MD Huijuan

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^a Department of Ultrasound, General Hospital of Central Military Command Theater, Wuhan, China
^b Department of Ultrasound, Hainan Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Sanya, China
^c Department of Ultrasound, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China

Received date: 2020-03-30

Online published: 2020-04-23

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Objective: To evaluate the role of ultrasound in the use and maintenance of ECMO for COVID-19 cases.
Methods: During the outbreak of COVID-19 in China, three critically ill patients were treated with ECMO in our hospital. Bedside ultrasound was used throughout all procedures, including in the delivery and daily monitoring of ECMO.
Results: Structural and functional changes of heart, pleural effusion, as well as thrombus formation in one patient’s right atrium were noted with ultrasonography. Using bedside ultrasound as a troubleshooting tool throughout ECMO therapy provided a lot of useful and reliable real-time information to assist clinical decision making.
Conclusion: Ultrasound shall play an important role in the use and maintenance of ECMO for COVID-19 cases.

Key words： Ultrasound; Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Thrombosis; COVID-19

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Gao, MD Shunji , Ren, MD Liuqiong , Gao, MD Wenhong , Huang, MD Qun’an , Wu, MD Shengzheng , Hu, MD Jianqiu , Gao, MD Yuejuan , Lv, MD Faqin , Xiang, MD Huijuan . Role of Ultrasound for Management of Critical Severe COVID-19 Patients with ECMO[J]. ADVANCED ULTRASOUND IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY, 2020 , 4(2) : 134 -137 . DOI: 10.37015/AUDT.2020.200033

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