Is Lung Ultrasound Imaging a Worthwhile Procedure for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pneumonia Detection?
Giovanni Battista FonsiPaolo SapienzaGioia BrachiniChiara AndreoliMaria Luisa De CiccoBruno CirilloSimona MeneghiniFrancesco PuglieseDaniele CrocettiEnrico FioriAndrea MingoliPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)
Lung ultrasound had good reliability compared to chest CT. Therefore, our results indicate that LUS may be used to assess patients suspected of having COVID-19 pneumonia.
Keyphrases
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- pulmonary embolism
- minimally invasive
- intensive care unit
- respiratory failure
- label free
- positron emission tomography
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- sensitive detection