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COVID LUNG ULTRASOUND DATASET FUSI

Operator:
COVID severity: Moderate (ward based)
Severe (ICU based)

Date/time:
Proned or supine:


Normal Abnormal

Place your linear probe at


two points on anterior chest
bilaterally
A Lines B Lines
Normal? No
need for
intervention Abnormal?

Place your curvilinear probe


at lung bases (PLAPS) Normal
PLAPS Consolidation

Progressive Identify pattern


Progression Diffuse B
Lines Consolidation
Pattern 1 Pattern 2

Consolidation
Diffuse B lines
Atelectasis
Focal B Resolution
A Lines
Lines

Possible PEEP Possible Prone


Assess for progression or resolution responder responder
FUSI

A Lines B Lines Consolidation

References:

1. Coronavirus in Italy - Report From The Front Lines #JAMALive [Internet]. YouTube. 2020 [cited 17 March 2020]. Available from: https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKS1pahoPRU&feature=youtu.be

2. Farkas J. COVID-19 - EMCrit Project [Internet]. EMCrit Project. 2020 [cited 17 March 2020]. Available from: https://emcrit.org/
ibcc/covid19/#lung_ultrasonography

3. Peng Q, Wang X, Zhang L. Findings of lung ultrasonography of novel corona virus pneumonia during the 2019–2020 epidemic.
Intensive Care Medicine. 2020

Created by Hannah Conway on behalf of the ICS FUSIC committee


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