ArticleJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open2020
The role of lung ultrasonography in COVID-19 disease management.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled 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
- Ultrasonography in disaster medicine: a narrative review.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- Role of Imaging in the Management of Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Lung Involvement Admitted to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- New International Guidelines and Consensus on the Use of Lung Ultrasound.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2023Review
- The use of lung ultrasound in COVID-19.ERJ open research · 2023Review
- Lung Sonography in Critical Care Medicine.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Is lung ultrasound score a useful tool to monitoring and handling moderate and severe COVID-19 patients in the general ward? An observational pilot study.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2022Observational
- Comments on "Review of the role of diagnostic modalities and imaging findings in the COVID-19 pandemic".World journal of radiology · 2022Article
- Egyptian Consensus on the Role of Lung Ultrasonography During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- Utility and diagnostic test properties of pulmonary and cardiovascular point of care ultra-sonography (POCUS) in COVID-19 patients admitted to critical care unit.European journal of radiology open · 2022Article
- Lung ultrasound in predicting COVID-19 clinical outcomes: A prospective observational study.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2021Article
- Prediction Accuracy of Serial Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients (Pred-Echovid Study).Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Learning from the Italian experience during COVID-19 pandemic waves: be prepared and mind some crucial aspects.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021Review
- The role of lung ultrasonography in COVID-19 disease management.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2020Article
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created unprecedented disruption for global healthcare systems. Offices and emergency departments (EDs) were the first responders to the pandemic, followed by medical wards and intensive care unit (ICUs). Worldwide efforts sprouted to coordinate proper response by increasing surge capacity and optimizing diagnosis and containment. Within the complex scenario of the outbreak, the medical community shared scientific research and implemented best-guess imaging strategies in order to save time and additional staff exposures. Early publications showed agreement between chest computed tomography (CT) and lung sonography: widespread ground-glass findings resembling acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) on CT of COVID-19 patients matched lung ultrasound signs and patterns. Well-established accuracy of bedside sonography for lung conditions and its advantages (such as no ionizing radiation; low-cost, real-time bedside imaging; and easier disinfection steps) prompted a wider adoption of lung ultrasound for daily assessment and monitoring of COVID-19 patients. Growing literature, webinars, online materials, and international networks are promoting lung ultrasound for the same purpose. We propose 11 lung ultrasound roles for different medical settings during the pandemic, starting from the out-of-hospital setting, where lung ultrasound has ergonomic and infection control advantages. Then we describe how medical wards and ICUs can safely integrate lung ultrasound into COVID-19 care pathways. Finally, we present outpatient use of lung ultrasound to aid follow-up of positive case contacts and of those discharged from the hospital.
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