Bedside chest ultrasound to distinguish heart failure from pneumonia‐related dyspnoea in older COVID‐19 patients

Bedside chest ultrasound to distinguish heart failure from pneumonia‐related dyspnoea in older COVID‐19 patients

Abstract Aims In the older population, acute heart failure is a frequent, life‐threatening complication of COVID‐19 that requires urgent specific care. We aimed to explore the impact of point‐of‐care chest ultrasound (CUS) use in older bedridden inpatients during the COVID‐19 pandemic as a tool to d...

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Main Authors: Arthur Hacquin, Sophie Putot, Jérémy Barben, Frédéric Chagué, Marianne Zeller, Yves Cottin, Patrick Manckoundia, Alain Putot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-12-01
Series:ESC Heart Failure
Subjects:
COVID‐19
Dyspnoea
Heart failure
Aged
Pneumonia
Point‐of‐care ultrasound
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13017

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13017

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