Clinical role of lung ultrasound for diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19 pneumonia in pregnant women.

ABSTRACT: Lung ultrasound has been suggested recently by the Chinese Critical Care Ultrasound Study Group and Italian Academy of Thoracic Ultrasound as an accurate tool to detect lung involvement in COVID-19. Although chest computed tomography (CT) represents the gold standard to assess lung involvement, with a specificity superior even to that of the nasopharyngeal swab for diagnosis, lung ultrasound examination can be a valid alternative to CT scan, with certain advantages, particularly for pregnant women. Ultrasound can be performed directly at the bed-side by a single operator, reducing the risk of spreading the disease among health professionals. Furthermore, it is a radiation-free exam, making it safer and easier to monitor those patients who require a series of exams. We report on four cases

SUBMITTER: Buonsenso D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7267364 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature