Lung Ultrasound in Corona Pandemics: How Can Lung US Assist Early Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia? An Overview
Abuzied, E., El Abidien, A., Alkhayat, K., Abdelghany, H., Mohammadien, H. (2020). Lung Ultrasound in Corona Pandemics: How Can Lung US Assist Early Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia? An Overview. EKB Journal Management System, 24(2), 147-152. doi: 10.21608/smj.2020.27399.1127
Enas Khalifa Abuzied; Ashraf El Abidien; Khaled Alkhayat; Hisham Abdelghany; Hamdy Ali Mohammadien. "Lung Ultrasound in Corona Pandemics: How Can Lung US Assist Early Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia? An Overview". EKB Journal Management System, 24, 2, 2020, 147-152. doi: 10.21608/smj.2020.27399.1127
Abuzied, E., El Abidien, A., Alkhayat, K., Abdelghany, H., Mohammadien, H. (2020). 'Lung Ultrasound in Corona Pandemics: How Can Lung US Assist Early Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia? An Overview', EKB Journal Management System, 24(2), pp. 147-152. doi: 10.21608/smj.2020.27399.1127
Abuzied, E., El Abidien, A., Alkhayat, K., Abdelghany, H., Mohammadien, H. Lung Ultrasound in Corona Pandemics: How Can Lung US Assist Early Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia? An Overview. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 24(2): 147-152. doi: 10.21608/smj.2020.27399.1127

Lung Ultrasound in Corona Pandemics: How Can Lung US Assist Early Diagnosis of COVID-19 Pneumonia? An Overview

Sohag Medical Journal
Article 21, Volume 24, Issue 2, April 2020, Pages 147-152    PDF (355 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/smj.2020.27399.1127
Authors
Enas Khalifa Abuzied* 1; Ashraf El Abidien2; Khaled Alkhayat3; Hisham Abdelghany4; Hamdy Ali Mohammadien5
1department of Chest diseases and Tuberculosis,Faculty of medicine,Sohag University Hospital,Sohag
2Department of Chest diseases and Tuberculosis, Faculty of medicine, Assuit University
3Department of Chest diseases and Tuberculosis, Faculty of medicine, Sohag University
4Radiology department,faculty of medicine,Sohag university
5Departments of Chest, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University
Abstract
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
Keywords
Lung ultrasonography; COVID-19 Pneumonia; Corona virus
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