Lung ultrasound for the early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia: an international multicenter study.
Giovanni VolpicelliLuna GarganiStefano PerliniStefano SpinelliGreta BarbieriAntonella LanotteGonzalo García CasasolaRamon Nogué-BouAlessandro LamorteEustachio AgricolaTomas VillénParamjeet Singh DeolPeiman NazerianFrancesco CorradiValerio StefanoneDenise Nicole FragaPaolo NavalesiRobinson FerreEnrico BoeroGiampaolo MartinelliLorenzo CristoniCristiano PeraniLuigi VetrugnoCian McDermottFrancisco Miralles-AguiarGianmarco SeccoCaterina ZatteraFrancesco SalinaroAlice GrignaschiAndrea BoccatondaFabrizio GiostraMarta Nogué InfanteMichele CovellaGiacomo IngallinaJulia BurkertPaolo FrumentoFrancesco ForforiLorenzo Ghiadoninull nullPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2021)
Combining LUS patterns of probability with clinical phenotypes at presentation can rapidly identify those patients with or without COVID-19 pneumonia at bedside. This approach could support and expedite patients' management during a pandemic surge.