ArticleThe ultrasound journal2020
Point-of-care lung ultrasound imaging in pediatric COVID-19.
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- Association of Lung Ultrasound Score with Mortality and Severity of COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2021Pooled it
- A Scoping Review Protocol of Lung Ultrasound in Pediatric COVID-19: Clinical Utility and Lessons for Future Pandemics.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Lung involvement in children with COVID-19 multisystem inflammatory syndrome.Pediatric pulmonology · 2023Article
- The use of lung ultrasound in COVID-19.ERJ open research · 2023Review
- Role of lung ultrasound patterns in monitoring coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome in children.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2022Article
- One Year of Lung Ultrasound in Children with SARS-CoV-2 Admitted to a Tertiary Referral Children's Hospital: A Retrospective Study during 2020-2021.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Review of Machine Learning in Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of imaging · 2022Review
- Radiologists should support non-radiologist point-of-care ultrasonography in children: a case for involvement and collaboration.Pediatric radiology · 2022Article
- Point-of-care ultrasound: reply to Andronikou et al. and Györgyi et al.Pediatric radiology · 2022Article
- Six-month multidisciplinary follow-up in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: An Italian single-center experience.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Lung Ultrasound Characteristics in Neonates With Positive Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for SARS-CoV-2 on a Tertiary Level Referral Hospital in Mexico City.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Lung Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Leading Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Pediatric Radiology in Era of COVID-19, International Consensus and What Lies Beyond Pneumonia: A Review.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2021Review
- Computed tomography findings in 3,557 COVID-19 infected children: a systematic review.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2021Review
- First diagnosis of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C): an analysis of PoCUS findings in the ED.The ultrasound journal · 2021Article
- A Pictorial Review of the Role of Imaging in the Detection, Management, Histopathological Correlations, and Complications of COVID-19 Pneumonia.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundThere has been limited data regarding the usefulness of lung ultrasound (US) in children with COVID-19.
objectiveTo describe lung US imaging findings and aeration score of 34 children with COVID-19.
methodsThis study included 0-16-year-old patients with confirmed COVID-19, who were admitted between April 19 and June 18, 2020 in two hospitals in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Lung US was performed as part of the routine evaluation by a skilled Pediatric Emergency physician. Clinical and laboratory data were collected and severity classifications were done according to an available clinical definition. The lung US findings were described for each lung field and a validated ultrasound lung aeration score was calculated. Data obtained was correlated with clinical information and other imaging modalities available for each case.
resultsThirty-four confirmed COVID-19 patients had a lung US performed during this period. Eighteen (18/34) had abnormalities on the lung US, but eight of them (8/18) had a normal chest radiograph. Ultrasound lung aeration score medians for severe/critical, moderate, and mild disease were 17.5 (2-30), 4 (range 0-14), 0 (range 0-15), respectively (p = 0.001). Twelve patients (12/34) also had a chest computed tomography (CT) performed; both the findings and topography of lung compromise on the CT were consistent with the information obtained by lung US.
conclusionPoint-of-care lung US may have a key role in assessing lung injury in children with COVID-19.
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