Assessment of Exam Findings in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) With Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (POCUS)

"The POCUS exam of the heart will capture 2 standard views commonly used to assess general cardiac function at the point of care. The details of POCUS views and exam findings of interest are outline below:~Pulmonary POCUS Evaluation:~1. B lines: absent (\< 3 lines), present (\> 3 lines), fused~2. Consolidation: yes or no~ a. Bilateral: yes or no~3. Pleural Effusion: yes or no~4. Other pleural abnormalities: yes or no Score each finding based on degree of abnormalities and number of sites with abnormalities~Cardiac POCUS Evaluation:~1. Parasternal long axis~2. Parasternal short axis~ 1. Qualitative LVEF: Normal, hyperdynamic, mild-moderately depressed, severely depressed~ 2. EPSS (E-point septal separation): normal (\<10 mm), abnormal (\>10 mm)~ 3. Left ventricular (LV) mass approximation by septal thickness~ 4. Left Ventricular Chamber Size by internal diameter at diastole"