Infectious Pneumonia and Lung Ultrasound: A Review.
Andrea BoccatondaGiulio CoccoDamiano D'ArdesAndrea Delli PizziGianpaolo VidiliChiara De MoloSusanna VicariCarla SerraFrancesco CipolloneCosima SchiavoneMaria Teresa GuagnanoPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
The application of thoracic ultrasound examination has not long been developed because ultrasound's interaction with the lung does not generate an anatomical image but an artifactual one. Subsequently, the evaluation of pulmonary artifacts and their correlation to specific diseases allowed the development of ultrasound semantics. Currently, pneumonia still represents one of the main causes of hospitalization and mortality. Several studies in the literature have demonstrated the ultrasound features of pneumonia. Although ultrasound cannot be considered the diagnostic gold standard for the study of all lung diseases, it has experienced an extraordinary development and growth of interest due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This review aims to provide essential information on the application of lung ultrasound to the study of infectious pneumonia and to discuss the differential diagnosis.
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- ultrasound guided
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- pulmonary hypertension
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- intensive care unit
- coronavirus disease
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- cardiovascular events
- deep learning
- cardiovascular disease
- risk factors
- magnetic resonance
- respiratory failure
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- respiratory syndrome coronavirus