COVID is a major health problem causing massive capacity problems at hospitals. Rapid and accurate diagnostic workflow is of paramount importance. Access to radiological diagnostics tools such as x-ray or computed tomography of the chest are limited even in high-resource settings. Focused lung ultrasound, FLUS, is a point-of-care diagnostic tool that allows rapid and on-site assessment of lung abnormalities. No transportation of the patient is required thus lowering risk of spreading SAR-CoV- inside the hospital. This study aims to explore the diagnostic value of FLUS in the COVID-19 pandemic and to explore if FLUS findings can predict risk of respiratory failure.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical suspicion of COVID-19 requiring contact to a hospital.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age less than 18 years
- Previous enrollment in this study.
Lungemedicinsk Forskningsafdeling. Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Denmark
Regionshospitalet Horsens.
Horsens, Denmark
Søren H Skaarup
28911869
soeska@rm.dk
Søren H Skaarup, Principal Investigator
Aarhus Universitets Hospital