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The “pandemic” increase in lung ultrasound use in response to Covid-19: can we complement computed tomography findings? A narrative review
| العنوان: | The “pandemic” increase in lung ultrasound use in response to Covid-19: can we complement computed tomography findings? A narrative review |
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| المؤلفون: | Vetrugno, Luigi, Baciarello, Marco, Bignami, Elena, Bonetti, Andrea, Saturno, Francesco, Orso, Daniele, Girometti, Rossano, Cereser, Lorenzo, Bove, Tiziana |
| المصدر: | The Ultrasound Journal ; volume 12, issue 1 ; ISSN 2524-8987 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| الوصف: | Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has rapidly spread to a global pandemic in March 2020. This emergency condition has been putting a severe strain on healthcare systems worldwide, and a prompt, dynamic response is instrumental in its management. While a definite diagnosis is based on microbiological evidence, the relationship between lung ultrasound (LU) and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19 is less clear. Lung ultrasound is a point-of-care imaging tool that proved to be useful in the identification and severity assessment of different pulmonary conditions, particularly in the setting of emergency and critical care patients in intensive care units; HRCT of the thorax is regarded as the mainstay of imaging evaluation of lung disorders, enabling characterization and quantification of pulmonary involvement. Aims of this review are to describe LU and chest HRCT main imaging features of COVID-19 pneumonia, and to provide state-of-the-art insights regarding the integrated role of these techniques in the clinical decision-making process of patients affected by this infectious disease. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13089-020-00185-4 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13089-020-00185-4.pdf |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13089-020-00185-4/fulltext.html |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13089-020-00185-4 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s13089-020-00185-4.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13089-020-00185-4/fulltext.html |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.D6400837 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13089-020-00185-4 |
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