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<Articles JournalTitle="Frontiers in Emergency Medicine">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Emergency Medicine</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2717-3593</Issn>
      <Volume>8</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>05</Month>
        <Day>21</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Intravascular volume status in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19: a case series</title>
    <FirstPage>e29</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>e29</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hamideh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Akbari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Emergency Medicine Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Arash</FirstName>
        <LastName>Safaei</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Emergency Medicine, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Atousa</FirstName>
        <LastName>Akhgar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Emergency Medicine Department, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>20</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a transmissible disease instigated by the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) which has been identify for few years. Patients with COVID-19 may present with hypovolemia due to vomiting, anorexia, or diarrhea. However, treatment guidelines recommend a &#x201C;conservative&#x201D; fluid administration strategy with dynamic measuring parameters to assess fluid response. Since physical examination has a limited ability to predict volume status, other non-invasive methods such as point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) have been extensively used for this purpose in other diseases. In this case series, we describe intravascular volume status in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 as measured by inferior vena cava (IVC) calibre and distensibility.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/view/1359</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/download/1359/485</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
