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ArticleInternal and emergency medicine2023

Lung ultrasound in the COVID-19 era: a lesson to be learned for the future.

Chiara De Molo, Silvia Consolini, Giulia Fiorini, Guido Marzocchi, Mattia Gentilini, Veronica Salvatore, Fabrizio Giostra, Elena Nardi, Francesco Monteduro, Claudio Borghi and 1 more

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Article in Internal and emergency medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chiara De MoloInterventional, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound Unit, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Silvia ConsoliniEmergency Department, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Giulia FioriniU.O. Medicina Interna Cardiovascolare, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. giulia.fiorini@aosp.bo.it.ORCID 0000-0003-0381-8302
Guido MarzocchiPediatric and Adult CardioThoracic and Vascular, Oncohematologic and Emergency Radiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Mattia GentiliniAlma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Veronica SalvatoreEmergency Department, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Fabrizio GiostraEmergency Department, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Elena NardiU.O. Medicina Interna Cardiovascolare, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Francesco MonteduroPediatric and Adult CardioThoracic and Vascular, Oncohematologic and Emergency Radiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Claudio BorghiU.O. Medicina Interna Cardiovascolare, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Carla SerraInterventional, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound Unit, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Azienda USL di Bologna · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung Ultrasound (LUS) is a reliable, radiation free and bedside imaging technique to assess several pulmonary diseases. Although the diagnosis of COVID-19 is made with the nasopharyngeal swab, detection of pulmonary involvement is key for a safe patient management. LUS is a valid alternative to explore, in paucisymptomatic self-presenting patients, the presence and extension of pneumonia compared to High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) that represent the gold standard. This is a single-centre prospective study with 131 patients enrolled. Twelve lung areas were explored reporting a semiquantitative assessment to obtain the LUS score. Each patient performed reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction test (rRT-PCR), hemogasanalysis and HRCT. We observed an inverse correlation between LUSs and pO2, P/F, SpO2, AaDO

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COVID-19HumansLungProspective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Sensitivity and SpecificityUltrasonographyCOVID-19Emergency departmentHRCTLung ultrasoundSARS-CoV-2 pneumoniaSevere acute respiratory syndrome

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