Early Lung Ultrasound Findings in Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Retrospective Multicenter Study of 479 Patients.

Costantino Caroselli Michael BlaivasMatteo MarcosignoriYashdeep Singh PathaniaSara FalzettiJosé MarizRomano FiorentinoRafael Pinto SilvaJoana Gomes CochichoSimone SebastianiMauro CarliniEnrico PolatiValentina SimoniniSara MalagolaIrene RaffaldiDaniele Longo

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2022)

This 479 patient cohort, with COVID-19, found LUS to be noninferior to chest X-ray (CXR) for diagnostic accuracy. In this study, COVID-positive patients are most likely to show B lines and sub-pleural consolidations on LUS examination.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
coronavirus disease
ejection fraction
sars cov
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
magnetic resonance imaging
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
case report
mechanical ventilation