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, Page 147-152 PDF (355 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/smj.2020.27399.1127 | ||||
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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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