ReviewAnaesthesia2020
Point-of-care lung ultrasound in patients with COVID-19 - a narrative review.
Review in Anaesthesia, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04689672 (Predictivity of hEmoGasAnalysis Associated to Bedside Lung UltraSound in Determining COVID-19 Severity in the Emergency Departement), which is not on this map. Cited by 198 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Predictivity of hEmoGasAnalysis Associated to Bedside Lung UltraSound in Determining COVID-19 Severity in the Emergency Departement
Who cites it
198 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 322 citations in OpenAlex.
- Lung ultrasound score severity cut-off points in COVID-19 pneumonia. A systematic review and validating cohort.Medicina clinica · 2023Pooled it
- The diagnostic performance of lung ultrasound for detecting COVID-19 in emergency departments: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU · 2022Pooled it
- Pulmonary Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A Systematic Review.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2021Pooled it
- Edge Detection Algorithm-Based Lung Ultrasound in Evaluation of Efficacy of High-Flow Oxygen Therapy on Critical Lung Injury.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Trial
- Lung ultrasound: a new approach for detection of severity of COVID-19 viral pneumonia and associated mortality.Journal of ultrasound · 2026Article
- Lung Ultrasound Abnormalities and LUS Score After COVID-19 Pneumonia: Determinants and Associations with Dyspnoea in a Prospective Cohort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Hypertensive Urgency and Pulmonary Infiltrates: A Report of Three Cases.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Lung ultrasound alterations six months after COVID-19 pneumonia: a descriptive study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Observational
- The functional state of athletes who have undergone coronavirus infection (COVID-19).Sports medicine and health science · 2025Article
- AI Enhances Lung Ultrasound Interpretation Across Clinicians with Varying Expertise Levels.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical cases of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in sheep: Retrospective clinical, sonographic, and pathological investigations.Open veterinary journal · 2025Article
- Lung Ultrasound in Critical Care: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Artificial Intelligence-Guided Lung Ultrasound by Nonexperts.JAMA cardiology · 2025Article
- Exploring the adoption of diaphragm and lung ultrasound (DLUS) by physiotherapists, physical therapists, and respiratory therapists: an updated scoping review.The ultrasound journal · 2025Review
- Evaluating the effectiveness of handheld ultrasound in primary blast lung injury: a comprehensive study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Lung ultrasound in the management of mechanical ventilation in pediatric critical care: a narrative review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Lung and abdominal ultrasound accuracy for tuberculosis: An Indian prospective cohort study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of subpleural consolidations - a review of the veterinary and human literature.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2024Review
- Improving lung point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training and accreditation - a multidisciplinary, multi-centre and multi-pronged approach to development and delivery using the action learning process.BMC medical education · 2024Article
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Abstract
Ultrasound imaging of the lung and associated tissues may play an important role in the management of patients with COVID-19-associated lung injury. Compared with other monitoring modalities, such as auscultation or radiographic imaging, we argue lung ultrasound has high diagnostic accuracy, is ergonomically favourable and has fewer infection control implications. By informing the initiation, escalation, titration and weaning of respiratory support, lung ultrasound can be integrated into COVID-19 care pathways for patients with respiratory failure. Given the unprecedented pressure on healthcare services currently, supporting and educating clinicians is a key enabler of the wider implementation of lung ultrasound. This narrative review provides a summary of evidence and clinical guidance for the use and interpretation of lung ultrasound for patients with moderate, severe and critical COVID-19-associated lung injury. Mechanisms by which the potential lung ultrasound workforce can be deployed are explored, including a pragmatic approach to training, governance, imaging, interpretation of images and implementation of lung ultrasound into routine clinical practice.
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