Lung Ultrasound and Sonographic Subpleural Consolidation in COVID-19 Pneumonia Correlate with Disease Severity.

Zouheir Ibrahim Bitar Mohammed A Shamsah Ossama Sajeh MaadaraniOmar Mohammed BamasoodAli Zouheir BitarHuda Al-Foudari

Published in: Critical care research and practice (2021)

Sonographic SPC counts correlate well with the severity of COVID-19 pneumonia and PO2/FiO2. The number of SPCs should be considered when using LUS to assess disease severity.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
magnetic resonance imaging
optic nerve
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
peripheral blood
intensive care unit
contrast enhanced ultrasound
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation