Lung ultrasound for the early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia: an international multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To analyze the application of a lung ultrasound (LUS)-based diagnostic approach to patients suspected of COVID-19, combining the LUS likelihood of COVID-19 pneumonia with patient's symptoms and clinical history.

Methods

This is an international multicenter observational study in 20 US and European hospitals. Patients suspected of COVID-19 were tested with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) swab test and had an LUS examination. We identified three clinical phenotypes based on pre-existing chronic diseases (mixed phenotype), and on the presence (severe phenotype) or absence (mild phenotype) of signs and/or symptoms of respiratory failure at presentation. We defined the LUS likelihood of COVID-19 pneumonia according to four different patterns: high

SUBMITTER: Volpicelli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7980130 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature