• David Schrift, Keith Barron, Rohan Arya, and Carol Choe.
• Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Prisma Health USC Medical Group, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
• J Ultrasound Med. 2021 Sep 1; 40 (9): 1749-1761.

AbstractSince the advent of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, clinicians have had to modify how they provide high-value care while mitigating the risk of viral spread. Routine imaging studies have been discouraged due to elevated transmission risk. Patients who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 often have a protracted hospital course with progression of disease. Given the need for close follow-up of patients, we recommend the use of ultrasonography, particularly point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), to manage patients with COVID-19 through their entire ICU course. POCUS will allow a clinician to evaluate and monitor cardiac and pulmonary function, as well as evaluate for thromboembolic disease, place an endotracheal tube, confirm central venous catheter placement, and rule out a pneumothorax. If a patient improves sufficiently to perform weaning trials, POCUS can also help evaluate readiness for ventilator liberation.© 2020 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

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