Chest Computed Tomography and Lung Ultrasound Findings in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Pocket Review for Non-radiologists

COVID-19 is an infectious disease that has quickly spread worldwide, causing a pandemic. The main clinical manifestation is pneumonia. The most important test for the diagnosis is represented by RT-PCR, but, given the limited sensitivity, further radiological examinations are necessary. We reviewed...

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Autores principales: Pata, Davide, Valentini, Piero, De Rose, Cristina, De Santis, Rita, Morello, Rosa, Buonsenso, Danilo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7332745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32671086
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00375
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author Pata, Davide
Valentini, Piero
De Rose, Cristina
De Santis, Rita
Morello, Rosa
Buonsenso, Danilo
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description COVID-19 is an infectious disease that has quickly spread worldwide, causing a pandemic. The main clinical manifestation is pneumonia. The most important test for the diagnosis is represented by RT-PCR, but, given the limited sensitivity, further radiological examinations are necessary. We reviewed the literature to highlight the typical manifestations and advantages of chest computed tomography and lung ultrasound in COVID-19 pneumonia in order to assist clinical researchers in the management of this disease.
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spelling pubmed-73327452020-07-14 Chest Computed Tomography and Lung Ultrasound Findings in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Pocket Review for Non-radiologists Pata, Davide Valentini, Piero De Rose, Cristina De Santis, Rita Morello, Rosa Buonsenso, Danilo Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine COVID-19 is an infectious disease that has quickly spread worldwide, causing a pandemic. The main clinical manifestation is pneumonia. The most important test for the diagnosis is represented by RT-PCR, but, given the limited sensitivity, further radiological examinations are necessary. We reviewed the literature to highlight the typical manifestations and advantages of chest computed tomography and lung ultrasound in COVID-19 pneumonia in order to assist clinical researchers in the management of this disease. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7332745/ /pubmed/32671086 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00375 Text en Copyright © 2020 Pata, Valentini, De Rose, De Santis, Morello and Buonsenso. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Pata, Davide
Valentini, Piero
De Rose, Cristina
De Santis, Rita
Morello, Rosa
Buonsenso, Danilo
Chest Computed Tomography and Lung Ultrasound Findings in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Pocket Review for Non-radiologists
title Chest Computed Tomography and Lung Ultrasound Findings in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Pocket Review for Non-radiologists
title_full Chest Computed Tomography and Lung Ultrasound Findings in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Pocket Review for Non-radiologists
title_fullStr Chest Computed Tomography and Lung Ultrasound Findings in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Pocket Review for Non-radiologists
title_full_unstemmed Chest Computed Tomography and Lung Ultrasound Findings in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Pocket Review for Non-radiologists
title_short Chest Computed Tomography and Lung Ultrasound Findings in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Pocket Review for Non-radiologists
title_sort chest computed tomography and lung ultrasound findings in covid-19 pneumonia: a pocket review for non-radiologists
topic Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7332745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32671086
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00375
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