Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care expert consensus statement on the use of lung ultrasound in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (ITACO).
Vetrugno LuigiFrancesco MojoliAndrea CortegianiElena Giovanna BignamiMariachiara IppolitoDaniele OrsoFrancesco CorradiGianmaria CammarotaSilvia MongodiEnrico BoeroCarmine IacovazzoMaria VargasDaniele PooleDaniele Guerino BiasucciPaolo PersonaTiziana BoveLorenzo BallDavide ChiumelloFrancesco ForforiEdoardo de RobertisPaolo PelosiPaolo NavalesiAntonino GiarratanoFlavia PetriniPublished in: Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care (Online) (2021)
The Lung Ultrasound Working Group of the Italian Society of Analgesia, Anesthesia, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care produced 20 consensus statements on the use of lung ultrasound in COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU. This expert consensus strongly suggests integrating lung ultrasound findings in the clinical management of critically ill COVID-19 patients.