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Applicability of lung ultrasound in COVID-19 diagnosis and evaluation of the disease progression: A systematic review.
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- Ultrasound findings of lung ultrasonography in COVID-19: A systematic review.European journal of radiology · 2022Pooled it
- Self-administered at-home lung ultrasound with remote guidance in patients without clinical training.Respiratory research · 2024Trial
- Assessment of an Ultrasonography-Based Algorithm for Detecting the Causes of Acute Dyspnea in an Emergency Hospital.Medeniyet medical journal · 2026Article
- Accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound examination of the lung in primary care performed by general practitioners: a cross-sectional study.BMC primary care · 2025Observational
- Acute lung injury induced by recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike protein subunit S1 in mice.Respiratory research · 2025Article
- Nuts and bolts of lung ultrasound: utility, scanning techniques, protocols, and findings in common pathologies.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Review
- Relationship between neonatal respiratory distress syndrome pulmonary ultrasonography and respiratory distress score, oxygenation index, and chest radiography grading.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Comment on “Dynamic Assessment of the ROX Index as a Predictive Tool During High-flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy: Underpinning Facts”Balkan medical journal · 2023Article
- Qualitative and semi-quantitative ultrasound assessment in delta and Omicron Covid-19 patients: data from high volume reference center.Infectious agents and cancer · 2023Article
- A Systematic Review of Chest Imaging Findings in Long COVID Patients.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Handheld Lung Ultrasound to Detect COVID-19 Pneumonia in Inpatients: A Prospective Cohort Study.POCUS journal · 2023Article
- Ultrasound assessment of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a literature review for the primary care physician.Annals of medicine · 2022Review
- Characteristics of Hospitalized Pediatric Patients in the First Five Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Single Center in Poland-1407 Cases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Lung ultrasound as a screening tool for SARS-CoV-2 infection in surgical patients.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU · 2022Article
- Lung Ultrasound Findings in Healthy Children and in Those Who Had Recent, Not Severe COVID-19 Infection.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Focused lung ultrasound to predict respiratory failure in patients with symptoms of COVID-19: a multicentre prospective cohort study.ERJ open research · 2022Article
- Long-term comprehensive cardiopulmonary phenotyping of COVID-19.Respiratory research · 2022Article
- Speckled Tracking of Pleura-A Novel Tool for Lung Ultrasound; Distinguishing COVID-19 from Acute Heart Failure.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound Predicts Severe Disease and Death Due to COVID-19: A Prospective Cohort Study.Critical care explorations · 2022Article
- COVID-19 pathophysiology and ultrasound imaging: A multiorgan review.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionThe COVID-19 pandemic originated in China and within about 4 months affected individuals all over the world. One of the limitations to the management of the COVID-19 is the diagnostic imaging to evaluate lung impairment and the patients' clinical evolution, mainly, in more severe cases that require admission into the intensive care unit. Among image examinations, lung ultrasound (LU) might be a useful tool to employ in the treatment of such patients.
methodsA survey was carried out on PubMed to locate studies using the descriptors: ((Lung ultrasound OR ultrasound OR lung ultrasonography OR lung US) AND (coronavirus disease-19 OR coronavirus disease OR corona virus OR COVID-19 OR COVID19 OR SARS-CoV-2)). The period covered by the search was November 2019 to October 2020 and the papers selected reported LU in COVID-19.
resultsForty-three studies were selected to produce this systematic review. The main LU findings referred to the presence of focal, multifocal and/or confluent B lines and the presence of pleural irregularities.
conclusionsThe use of LU in the evaluation of patients with COVID-19 should be encouraged due to its intrinsic characteristics; a low cost, radiation free, practical method, with easy to sanitize equipment, which facilitates structural evaluation of lung damage caused by SARS-CoV-2. With the increase in the number of studies and the use of ultrasound scans, LU has been shown as a useful tool to evaluate progression, therapeutic response and follow-up of pulmonary disease in the patients with COVID-19.
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