Thoracic ultrasound and SARS-COVID-19: a pictorial essay
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Sofia S
; Boccatonda A
; Montanari M
; Spampinato M
; D'ardes D
; Cocco G
; Accogli E
; Cipollone F
; Schiavone C
J Ultrasound
2020[Jun]; 23
(2
): 217-221
PMID32297175
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Thoracic ultrasound seems to adapt to the screening for lung involvement of
patients with suspected or ascertained SARS-COVID-19 infection due to its
characteristics of easy applicability. It can be also a relevant method in
monitoring patients. B lines are early finding of COVID-19, even in
mild-symptomatic subjects; in the most serious cases such as pre-ARDS or ARDS,
the B lines end up filling the ultrasound image almost completely, until it
merges, so as to create a single hyperechoic image named as "white lung", with
distortion and irregularity of the pleural line. In advanced stage, lung
consolidations are present, representing pulmonary pathological areas that are no
longer normally ventilated.
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