Lung Ultrasound in Corona Pandemics: How Can Lung US Assist Early Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia? An Overview
| Autor: | Ashraf El Abidien, Hisham Abdelghany, Hamdy Mohammadien, Enas Khalifa Abuzied, Khaled Alkhayat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Lung Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Lung ultrasonography Pleural effusion business.industry 010102 general mathematics respiratory system medicine.disease Pleural thickening 01 natural sciences respiratory tract diseases Lung ultrasound 03 medical and health sciences Pneumonia 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Pandemic medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Radiology 0101 mathematics business |
| Zdroj: | Sohag Medical Journal. 24:147-152 |
| ISSN: | 1687-8353 |
| DOI: | 10.21608/smj.2020.27399.1127 |
| Popis: | Up-to-date review of the role of lung ultrasound (US) in early diagnosis of COVID-19 disease associated pneumonia, based on the recent publications at the 2019/2020 pandemic of nCoV-19. Further, highlighting the advantages of lung US over the other imaging modalities as regard early diagnosis, cost and potency of its use as a screening tool in pandemics. The COVID-19 tends to be bilateral with patchy pattern. More frequent in the posterior and inferior fields of the lung. This infiltration is usually irregular and extends to the pleural line. Diffuse B-lines are noticed with air bronchogram sign. Sometimes localized pleural thickening is seen or localized pleural effusion. Occasionally, impaired blood flow in the consolidation patch was detected.In novel COVID-19 era lung US is a bedside, practical, safe and useful emergency tool for diagnosis. It is operator dependent and this drawback can be avoided by providing proper training.Keyword: Lung ultrasonography, COVID-19 Pneumonia and Corona virus |
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