ArticleUltrasound (Leeds, England)2020
The utility of lung ultrasound in COVID-19: A systematic scoping review.
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- Lung Ultrasound in Critical Care: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Predictors of B-line count in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Continuing professional development for primary care physicians: a pre-post study on lung point-of-care ultrasound curriculum.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Volume sweep imaging lung teleultrasound for detection of COVID-19 in Peru: a multicentre pilot study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Lung ultrasound findings in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in relation to venous thromboembolic events: the ECHOVID-19 study.Journal of ultrasound · 2022Article
- Breathing face down.British journal of anaesthesia · 2022Article
- Lung Ultrasound Findings Associated With COVID-19 ARDS, ICU Admission, and All-Cause Mortality.Respiratory care · 2022Observational
- Hand-Held Ultrasound of the Lung: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Risk of Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients Can Be Predicted by Lung Ultrasound in Primary Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Observational
- Quantitative pleural line characterization outperforms traditional lung texture ultrasound features in detection of COVID-19.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2021Article
- Lung Assessment with Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Respiratory Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A Prospective Cohort Study.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2021Article
- Higher Accuracy of Lung Ultrasound over Chest X-ray for Early Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Multi-criterion Intelligent Decision Support system for COVID-19.Applied soft computing · 2021Article
- Role of Machine Learning Techniques to Tackle the COVID-19 Crisis: Systematic Review.JMIR medical informatics · 2021Review
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Abstract
Introduction: Lung ultrasound (LUS) has an established evidence base and has proven useful in previous viral epidemics. An understanding of the utility of LUS in COVID-19 is crucial to determine its most suitable role based on local circumstances. Method: Online databases, specialist websites and social media platforms were searched to identify studies that explore the utility of LUS in COVID-19. Case reports and recommendations were excluded. Findings: In total, 33 studies were identified which represent a rapidly expanding evidence base for LUS in COVID-19. The quality of the included studies was relatively low; however, LUS certainly appears to be a highly sensitive and fairly specific test for COVID-19 in all ages and in pregnancy. Discussion: There may be LUS findings and patterns that are relatively specific to COVID-19; however, specificity may also be influenced by factors such as disease severity, pre-existing lung disease, operator experience, disease prevalence and the reference standard. Conclusion: LUS is almost certainly more sensitive than chest radiograph for COVID-19 and has several advantages over computed tomography and real-time polymerase chain reaction. High-quality research is needed into various aspects of LUS including: diagnostic accuracy in undifferentiated patients; triage and prognostication; monitoring progression and guiding interventions; the persistence of residual LUS findings; inter-observer agreement and the role of contrast-enhanced LUS.
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