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<p>Over the last decades, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic period, lung ultrasound (LUS) gained interest due to multiple advantages: radiation-free, repeatable, cost-effective, portable devices with a bedside approach. These advantages can help clinicians in triage, in positive diagnostic, stratification of disease forms according to severity and prognosis, evaluation of mechanically ventilated patients from Intensive Care Units, as well as monitoring the progress of COVID-19 lesions, thus reducing the health care contamination. LUS should be performed by standard protocol examination. The characteristic lesions from COVID-19 pneumonia are the abolished lung sliding, presence of multiple and coalescent B-lines, disruption and thickening of pleural line with subpleural consolidations. LUS is a useful method for post-COVID-19 lesions evaluation, highlight the remaining fibrotic lesions in some patients with moderate or severe forms of pneumonia.</p>
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Over the last decades, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic period, lung ultrasound (LUS) gained interest due to multiple advantages: radiation-free, repeatable, cost-effective, portable devices with a bedside approach. These advantages can help clinicians in triage, in positive diagnostic, stratification of disease forms according to severity and prognosis, evaluation of mechanically ventilated patients from Intensive Care Units, as well as monitoring the progress of COVID-19 lesions, thus reducing the health care contamination. LUS should be performed by standard protocol examination. The characteristic lesions from COVID-19 pneumonia are the abolished lung sliding, presence of multiple and coalescent B-lines, disruption and thickening of pleural line with subpleural consolidations. LUS is a useful method for post-COVID-19 lesions evaluation, highlight the remaining fibrotic lesions in some patients with moderate or severe forms of pneumonia.

Advantages of lung ultrasound in triage, diagnosis and monitoring COVID-19 patients: review

George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures

Acta Marisiensis - Seria Medica

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Over the last decades, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic period, lung ultrasound (LUS) gained interest due to multiple advantages: radiation-free,...

Advantages of lung ultrasound in triage, diagnosis and monitoring COVID-19 patients: review

Data publikacji: 12 lip 2021

Zakres stron: 73 - 76

Otrzymano: 28 kwi 2021

Przyjęty: 02 cze 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2021-0019

Słowa kluczowe
lung ultrasound, COVID-19, pleura, diagnosis

© 2021 Bianca Emilia Ciurba et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Advantages of lung ultrasound in triage, diagnosis and monitoring COVID-19 patients: review

Data publikacji: 12 lip 2021

Zakres stron: 73 - 76

Otrzymano: 28 kwi 2021

Przyjęty: 02 cze 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2021-0019

Słowa kluczowelung ultrasound, COVID-19, pleura, diagnosis

© 2021 Bianca Emilia Ciurba et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
lung ultrasound, COVID-19, pleura, diagnosis