ArticlePediatric pulmonology2021
Lung ultrasound in the diagnosis and monitoring of 30 children with coronavirus disease 2019.
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- Usefulness of Lung Ultrasound in Paediatric Respiratory Diseases.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Tackling antibiotic resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic is a new challenge for paediatricians.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2021Article
- Imaging in the COVID-19 era: Lessons learned during a pandemic.World journal of radiology · 2021Review
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- Lung Ultrasound: Its Findings and New Applications in Neonatology and Pediatric Diseases.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Application of quantitative lung ultrasound instead of CT for monitoring COVID-19 pneumonia in pregnant women: a single-center retrospective study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a new global pandemic and is responsible for millions of infections and thousands of deaths in the world. The lung ultrasound (LUS) is a noninvasive and easily repeatable tool and can be carried out by the pediatrician at the bedside of children with a consequent reduction in the risk of transmission of the virus.
objectiveWe hypothesized that ultrasound findings in these patients would (1) be associated with their disease severity and (2) change over time in alignment with clinical outcome.
methodsThe study was made in the emergency department (ED) in a tertiary level pediatric hospital. All patients with swab-confirmed COVID-19 infection were subjected to a LUS within 6 h from admission and after 96 h.
resultsAmong a total of 30 children, 18 (60%) were males, 4 reported exertional dyspnea, and only 1 chest pain. The mean oxygen saturation was 98.8 ± 1.0% in ambient air in the ED and no patient needed oxygen therapy during hospitalization. Children with moderate disease presented more B line (p = .03). After 96 h, we had observed ultrasound abnormality only in 20% of the children. We found a statistically significant reduction in pleural irregularities (30% vs. 16.7; p = .001) and in B lines (50% vs. 20%; p = .008).
conclusionsThe LUS is a useful, feasible, and safe tool for the clinician to complement the clinical evaluation and to monitor the evolution of lung disease in children with COVID-19.
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