COVID-US: A simplified approach to cardiopulmonary ultrasound in suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients in surge crisis

Yang Yang; James Anstey; Konstantin Yastrebov; Vinodh Bhagyalakshmi Nanjayya; Sam Orde; Marek Nalos; Cartan Costello; Nicholas Patrick George Ryan

doi:10.1002/ajum.12209

COVID-US: A simplified approach to cardiopulmonary ultrasound in suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients in surge crisis

Australas J Ultrasound Med. 2020 May;23(2):96-102. doi: 10.1002/ajum.12209. Epub 2020 May 30.

Authors

Yang Yang^{1

2}, James Anstey³, Konstantin Yastrebov^{4

5}, Vinodh Bhagyalakshmi Nanjayya⁶, Sam Orde⁷, Marek Nalos⁸, Cartan Costello⁹, Nicholas Patrick George Ryan¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit Western Health 160 Gordon St Footscray 3011 Victoria Australia.
² Intensive Care Unit Box Hill Hospital,Eastern clinical school, Monash University 8 Arnold St Box Hill 3128 Victoria Australia.
³ Intensive Care Unit Royal Melbourne Hospital 300 Grattan Street (corner of Royal Parade) Parkville 3050. Victoria Australia.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit Princes of Wales Hospital 320-346 Barker St Randwick 2031 New South Wales Australia.
⁵ University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 New South Wales Australia.
⁶ Department of Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Alfred Hospital 55 Commercial Road Melbourne Victoria 3181 Australia.
⁷ Intensive Care Unit Nepean Hospital Kingswood, Penrith 2747 New South Wales Australia.
⁸ Intensive Care Medicine Nepean Hospital Kingswood, Penrith 2747 New South Wales Australia.
⁹ Intensive Care Unit Wollongong Hospital Wollongong New South Wales Australia.
¹⁰ Intensive Care Unit Box Hill Hospital 8 Arnord Box Hill 3128 Victoria Australia.

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed an unprecedented challenge on healthcare systems across the globe. Rapid assessment of the cardiorespiratory function to monitor disease progression and guide treatment is essential. Therefore, we have designed the COVID-US: a simplified cardiopulmonary ultrasound approach to use in suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients, to aid front-line health workers in their decision-making in a surge crisis.

Keywords: COVID 19; intensive care; ultrasound.