Lung Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Leading Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Narrative Review

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide causing a global pandemic. In this context, lung ultrasound (LUS) has played an important role due to its high diagnostic sensitivity, low costs, simplicity of execution and radiation safeness. Despite computed tomogra...

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Autores principales: Maggi, Luigi, Biava, Anna Maria, Fiorelli, Silvia, Coluzzi, Flaminia, Ricci, Alberto, Rocco, Monica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8699896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34943618
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11122381
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author Maggi, Luigi
Biava, Anna Maria
Fiorelli, Silvia
Coluzzi, Flaminia
Ricci, Alberto
Rocco, Monica
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Fiorelli, Silvia
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Rocco, Monica
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description Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide causing a global pandemic. In this context, lung ultrasound (LUS) has played an important role due to its high diagnostic sensitivity, low costs, simplicity of execution and radiation safeness. Despite computed tomography (CT) being the imaging gold standard, lung ultrasound point of care exam is essential in every situation where CT is not readily available nor applicable. The aim of our review is to highlight the considerable versatility of LUS in diagnosis, framing the therapeutic route and follow-up for SARS-CoV-2 interstitial syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-86998962021-12-24 Lung Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Leading Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Narrative Review Maggi, Luigi Biava, Anna Maria Fiorelli, Silvia Coluzzi, Flaminia Ricci, Alberto Rocco, Monica Diagnostics (Basel) Review Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide causing a global pandemic. In this context, lung ultrasound (LUS) has played an important role due to its high diagnostic sensitivity, low costs, simplicity of execution and radiation safeness. Despite computed tomography (CT) being the imaging gold standard, lung ultrasound point of care exam is essential in every situation where CT is not readily available nor applicable. The aim of our review is to highlight the considerable versatility of LUS in diagnosis, framing the therapeutic route and follow-up for SARS-CoV-2 interstitial syndrome. MDPI 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8699896/ /pubmed/34943618 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11122381 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Maggi, Luigi
Biava, Anna Maria
Fiorelli, Silvia
Coluzzi, Flaminia
Ricci, Alberto
Rocco, Monica
Lung Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Leading Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Narrative Review
title Lung Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Leading Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Narrative Review
title_full Lung Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Leading Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Narrative Review
title_fullStr Lung Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Leading Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Narrative Review
title_full_unstemmed Lung Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Leading Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Narrative Review
title_short Lung Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Leading Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Narrative Review
title_sort lung ultrasound: a diagnostic leading tool for sars-cov-2 pneumonia: a narrative review
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8699896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34943618
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11122381
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