Pocket-sized, wireless-Bluetooth ultrasound system to perform diagnostic and low-complexity interventional procedures in bedridden patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: from intensive care unit to domiciliary service?

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作者：

Christian Ossola

Filippo Piacentino

Federico Fontana

Marco Curti

Giada Zorzetto

Andrea Coppola

Giulio Carcano

Massimo Venturini

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[1] Insubria University,Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation

[2] Insubria University,Department of General, Emergency and Transplants Surgery, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation

来源：

European Radiology Experimental | / 6卷

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Bedridden persons; COVID-19; Mobile applications; Ultrasonography; Wireless technology;

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摘要：

The use of a pocked-sized, wireless-Bluetooth ultrasound portable system with display images presented on a tablet facilitated the work of our radiologists during the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to perform diagnostic and interventional procedures in bedridden patients. The device is equipped with a battery-powered probe without cables that transmits images to a tablet (or a cell phone) through a dedicated App. We hypothesise in future to extend diagnostic and low-complexity interventional procedures from hospitalised patients to at-home patients who are not able to mobilise out of bed or are difficult to transport. This domiciliary service might also reduce the overhead of hospital accesses.

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