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Lung Ultrasound Point-of-View in Pediatric and Adult COVID-19 Infection.

Stefania NorbedoMichael BlaivasIrene RaffaldiCostantino Caroselli
Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)
From its start in China in December 2019, infection by the new SARS-CoV2 spread fast all over the world. It can present as severe respiratory distress in the elderly or a vasculitis in a child, most of whom are typically completely asymptomatic. This makes infection detection based on clinical grounds exceedingly difficult. Lung ultrasound has become an important tool in diagnosis and follow-up of patient with COVID-19 infection.Here we review available, up to date literature on ultrasound use for COVID-19 suspected pediatric patients and contrast it to published findings in adult patients.
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