ArticleThe American journal of emergency medicine2021
Lung sonographic findings in COVID-19 patients.
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- Point-of-care ultrasound use in COVID-19: a narrative review.Annals of translational medicine · 2024Review
- Applicability of lung ultrasound in the assessment of COVID-19 pneumonia: Diagnostic accuracy and clinical correlations.Respiratory investigation · 2022Observational
- Simplified Lung Ultrasound Examination and Telehealth Feasibility in Early SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 2022Article
- Lung ultrasound findings following COVID-19 hospitalization: A prospective longitudinal cohort study.Respiratory medicine · 2022Article
- Outcomes of Simplified Lung Ultrasound Exam in COVID-19: Implications for Self-Imaging.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2022Article
- [Correlation between ultrasonography and thorax portable radiography in patients with COVID-19].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2022Article
- Lung Ultrasound Findings Associated With COVID-19 ARDS, ICU Admission, and All-Cause Mortality.Respiratory care · 2022Observational
- Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care expert consensus statement on the use of lung ultrasound in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (ITACO).Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2021Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound for SARS-CoV-2: a retrospective cohort study.The ultrasound journal · 2021Article
- What's New in Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock - Point-of-care Algorithms for Ultrasound in Emergency Departments: Need of the Hour.Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shockArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this study was to describe the lung sonographic findings of COVID-19 patients prospectively and investigate its association with disease severity.
methodsThis study was conducted in an emergency department and included consecutively enrolled laboratory confirmed COVID-19 patients. Lung sonography findings were described in all the included patients and analysed with respect to the clinical severity of the patients.
results106 patients were included in the study. Common sonographic findings in COVID-19 patients were pleural line irregularity or shredding (70% of patients), followed by B - profile (59%), pleural line thickening (33%), occasional B - lines (26%), sub-pleural consolidations (35%), deep consolidations (6%), spared areas (13%), confluent B - lines or waterfall sign (14%) and pleural effusion (9%). These findings tended to be present more bilaterally and in lower lung zones. Sonographic characteristics like bilateral lung involvement, B - profile, spared areas and confluent B - lines or waterfall sign were significantly associated (p < 0.01) with clinical severity (more frequent with increasing disease severity).
conclusionThe lung sonographic findings of COVID-19 were found more bilaterally and in lower lung zones, and specific findings like B - profile, pleural thickening, spared areas and confluent B - lines or waterfall sign were associated with severe COVID-19.
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