CHEST 2023 On Demand Pass-Lessons in Imaging from COVID 19

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The session focused on various applications of ultrasound in COVID-19 patients. The first presenter discussed COVID-associated pulmonary fibrosis and the use of subplural sparing distances to distinguish between COVID-19-related fibrosis and non-COVID-related fibrosis. They found that the subplural distance was longer in COVID-associated fibrosis compared to non-COVID fibrosis. The second presenter discussed the assessment of diaphragmatic function in COVID-19 patients using ultrasound. They found that diaphragmatic excursion and thickness did not correlate with dyspnea scores in recovered COVID-19 patients. The third presenter discussed the long-term lung ultrasound findings in outpatients with COVID-19. They found that a significant proportion of patients still had B-lines, which are indicative of lung involvement, one year after mild to moderate COVID-19 infection. The fourth presenter discussed a novel application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound to measure diaphragm blood flow in humans. They found that diaphragm blood flow increased with increasing diaphragmatic work and demonstrated good reliability of the technique. The last presenter discussed the use of point-of-care ultrasound in the intensive care unit setting to evaluate venous thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients. They found that combining point-of-care ultrasound with the well score resulted in good sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Overall, the use of ultrasound in COVID-19 patients was found to have various applications and could aid in the diagnosis and management of the disease.

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Category Imaging

Session ID 4032

Speaker Jordan Bird

Speaker Mariam Camacho

Speaker Rage Geringer

Speaker Carina Iskandir

Speaker GAYLE FRANCEZ MONIQUE TANDOC

Speaker Zaryab Umar

Track Imaging

Keywords

ultrasound

COVID-19

pulmonary fibrosis

diaphragmatic function

lung ultrasound

contrast-enhanced ultrasound

point-of-care ultrasound