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The contribution of pulmonary ultrasound to the management of the COVID 19 crisis
23 April, 2020
Together against Corona - protect yourself, your patients and your nursing staff
Experts recommend pulmonary ultrasound for COVID-19
Learn about the difference pulmonary ultrasound can make.
In the current COVID-19 situation, emergency physicians must quickly select patients according to the severity of their disease. A POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound) of the lungs can help you do this. It is a very valuable and effective tool to quickly and reliably assess the condition of a patient's lungs.
In addition to the ultrasound systems available everywhere, portable devices are currently particularly suitable, as they allow emergency doctors to use ultrasound directly on site. The advantage of this procedure is that the doctor who admitted the patient can also perform the sonography. This leads to a considerable reduction in the number of other contact persons, as the patient does not have to be transferred to another department. The waiting time for an examination can thus be drastically reduced. If access to a CT scan is restricted, pulmonary ultrasound can be used for priority selection of patients.
The following two studies refer to the current situation:
- Poggiali, 2020 : Can Lung US Help Critical Care Clinicians in the Early Diagnosis of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pneumonia? (Journal Radiology)
- Peng, 2020: Findings of lung ultrasonography of novel corona virus pneumonia during the 2019-2020 epidemic. (Journal Intensive Care Medicine)
More information about the application
Future Webinars
A further English webinar is being planned.
Past Webinars
On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, Sonoscanner held a webinar on "The contribution of pulmonary ultrasound to the management of the COVID 19 crisis" in French.
This one-hour webinar gave the opportunity to discover the principles of ultrasound virus testing and to answers all of the attenders questions.
It alternated between theoretical and practical cases.
On Thursday, April 23, 2020, Sonoscanner hold a webinar on "The contribution of pulmonary ultrasound to the management of the COVID 19 crisis" in english.
Programm points were:
- How to perform lung ultrasound in critically ill patients,
- Differential diagnosis of important pathology (A-lines, B-lines, consolidation…),
- What will lung ultrasound bring to physician at the end of lockdown ?
- COVID-19 imaging using Ultraportable U-Lite.
You can find more informative videos on the Sonoscanner-Youtube-channel.
We would like to make our contribution
It is our responsibility to help and support the Swiss medical community as much as possible. We are currently offering you a special 25% discount on the U-Lite and a convex probe PR55, limited until June 30, 2020. We also allow for the simplified or even complete elimination of all administrative formalities, payment methods and distance learning by specialised professionals. Furthermore, for each device ordered, we will donate a contribution of 150 Swiss francs to the organisation "Hilf-jetzt.ch - Together against Corona", which currently supports people throughout Switzerland in the area of solidarity aid.
Because only together can we survive this time of crisis.
We will be happy to answer all your questions and provide you with advice.