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 TomaPublished 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.