Bedside wireless lung ultrasound for the evaluation of COVID-19 lung injury in senior nursing home residents
| Autor: | Stefano Boni, Aldo Allegrini, Raffaella Brigada, Frank Lloyd Dini, Mario Miccoli, Stefano Perlini, Gianmarco Secco, Carlo Bergamini, Massimo Scopelliti |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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COVID-19 pneumonia
Elderly Lung ultrasound Nasal-pharyngeal swabs Aged 80 and over Betacoronavirus COVID-19 Female Homes for the Aged Humans Italy Lung Injury Male Nursing Homes Pneumonia Viral Predictive Value of Tests SARS-CoV-2 Sensitivity and Specificity Wireless Technology Coronavirus Infections Pandemics Point-of-Care Testing Ultrasonography Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Point-of-care testing lcsh:Medicine Disease Lung injury elderly Internal medicine 80 and over Medicine Viral Aged lung ultrasound nasal-pharyngeal swabs business.industry lcsh:R Pneumonia medicine.disease Predictive value of tests Population study Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, Vol 90, Iss 3 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2532-5264 1122-0643 |
| Popis: | Lung Ultrasound (LUS) is regarded to be potentially useful to diagnose lung injury in older adults living in nursing homes with suspected COVID-19 pneumonia. We aimed at evaluating presence lung injury among senior nursing home residents by LUS performed with portable wireless scanner echography. The study population consisted of 150 residents with a mean age of 88 years (85% female) residing in 12 nursing homes in Northern Italy. Subjects had to have a history of recent onset of symptoms compatible with COVID-19 pneumonia or have been exposed to the contagion of patients carrying the disease. COVID-19 testing was performed with SARS-CoV-2 nasal-pharyngeal (NP) swabs. Positive subjects to LUS scanning were considered those with non-coascelent B-lines in >3 zones, coalescent B-lines in >3 zones and with iperdensed patchy non-consolidated lungs. Sixty-three percent had positive NP testing and 65% had LUS signs of pulmonary injury. LUS had a sensitivity of 79% in predicting positive NP testing. Sixteen percent of residents tested negative for SARSCoV-2 carried the signs of COVID-19 lung injury at LUS. There were 92 patients (61%) with current or recent symptoms.Positivity to LUS scanning was reported in 73% of residents with symptoms, while it was 53% in those without (P=0.016). A positive NP testing was observed in 66% of residents with symptoms and in 57% of those without (P=0.27). We conclude that assessment of LUS by portable wireless scanner echography can be profitability utilized to diagnose lung injury among senior nursing home residents with or without symptoms compatible with COVID-19 pneumonia. |
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