Prospective Longitudinal Evaluation of <scp>Point‐of‐Care</scp> Lung Ultrasound in Critically Ill Patients With Severe <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 Pneumonia

Abstract

Point-of-care ultrasound depicted B-lines, pleural line irregularities, and variable consolidations. Lung ultrasound findings were significantly decreased by ICU discharge, suggesting persistent but slow resolution of at least some COVID-19 lung lesions. Although POCUS identified deep venous thrombosis in less than 20% of patients at the bedside, nearly one-fourth of all patients were found to have computed tomography-proven PE.