Comparison Between Lung Ultrasound and Computed Tomographic Findings in Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia.
Agnaldo Jose LopesThiago Thomaz MafortClaudia Henrique da CostaRogério RufinoMônica de Cássia FirmidaKennedy Martins KirkCarolina Gianella CoboHanna da Silva Bessa da CostaCarlos Miguel Brum Queiroz da CruzRoberto MogamiPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)
Lung ultrasound can detect lung injury even in the presence of normal CT results. There are associations between the abnormalities detected by both methods, and a relationship also exists between LUS aeration scores and the disease extent on CT.