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The Role of Lung Ultrasound in Diagnosing COVID-19-Related Multisystemic Inflammatory Disease: A Preliminary Experience.

Anna Maria MusolinoElena BoccuzziDaniele Antonio PizzutoMaria Chiara SupinoMaria Alessia MesturinoEugenio PitaroValentina FerroRaffaella NaccaSerena SinibaldiPaolo PalmaAlberto VillaniPaolo Toma
Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we suggest performing PoC-LUS in febrile patients with high levels of inflammatory indices and clinical suspicion of MIS-C, or without a certain diagnosis; the finding of many B-lines and pleural effusion would support the diagnosis of a systemic inflammatory disease.
Keyphrases
  • oxidative stress
  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • computed tomography
  • urinary tract infection
  • contrast enhanced ultrasound