Is There a Role for Lung Ultrasound During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

doi:10.1002/jum.15284

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. 2020 Jul;39(7):1459-1462.

doi: 10.1002/jum.15284. Epub 2020 Apr 7.

Is There a Role for Lung Ultrasound During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Affiliations

¹ Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Valle del Serchio General Hospital, Lucca, Italy.
² Pulmonary Medicine Unit, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Scientifico, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Scientifico, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Emergency Department, Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, and Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Bresciamed, Brescia, Italy.
⁷ Unità Sanitaria Locale 7118 Nordovest Toscana, Lucca, Italy.
⁸ Emergency Medicine Unit, General Hospital, Voghera, Italy.
⁹ Pulmonary Medicine Unit, Lodi General Hospital, Lodi, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Ultrasound Laboratory Trento, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.

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PMCID: PMC7228238
DOI: 10.1002/jum.15284

Review

Is There a Role for Lung Ultrasound During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Gino Soldati et al. J Ultrasound Med. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;39(7):1459-1462.

doi: 10.1002/jum.15284. Epub 2020 Apr 7.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Valle del Serchio General Hospital, Lucca, Italy.
² Pulmonary Medicine Unit, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Sciences, Scientifico, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Scientifico, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Emergency Department, Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, and Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Bresciamed, Brescia, Italy.
⁷ Unità Sanitaria Locale 7118 Nordovest Toscana, Lucca, Italy.
⁸ Emergency Medicine Unit, General Hospital, Voghera, Italy.
⁹ Pulmonary Medicine Unit, Lodi General Hospital, Lodi, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Ultrasound Laboratory Trento, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.

PMID: 32198775
PMCID: PMC7228238
DOI: 10.1002/jum.15284

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**Figure 1**
Top, Two images from a patient confirmed with COVID‐19 pneumonia. Typical vertical pneumogenic large artifacts originate from the pleural line or from small, blurred subpleural consolidations. Their origin is not point‐like. Bottom, The pleural line is interrupted by more visible yet small consolidations. Large vertical artifacts are seen arising from the consolidations, and they are superimposed on areas of white lung (convex transducer, intercostal scans).

**Figure 2**
Similar findings from a second patient confirmed with COVID‐19 pneumonia.

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1. Demi M, Prediletto R, Soldati G, Demi L. Physical mechanisms providing clinical information from ultrasound lung images: hypotheses and early confirmations. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2020; 67:612–623. - PubMed
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[1] Soldati G, Smargiassi A, Inchingolo R, et al. Lung ultrasonography may provide an indirect estimation of lung porosity and airspace geometry. Respiration 2014; 88:458–468. - PubMed

[2] Soldati G, Smargiassi A, Inchingolo R, et al. Lung ultrasonography may provide an indirect estimation of lung porosity and airspace geometry. Respiration 2014; 88:458–468. - PubMed

[3] Demi M, Prediletto R, Soldati G, Demi L. Physical mechanisms providing clinical information from ultrasound lung images: hypotheses and early confirmations. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2020; 67:612–623. - PubMed

[4] Demi M, Prediletto R, Soldati G, Demi L. Physical mechanisms providing clinical information from ultrasound lung images: hypotheses and early confirmations. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 2020; 67:612–623. - PubMed

[5] Soldati G, Demi M, Smargiassi A, Inchingolo R, Demi L. The role of ultrasound lung artifacts in the diagnosis of respiratory diseases. Expert Rev Respir Med 2019; 13:163–172. - PubMed

[6] Soldati G, Demi M, Smargiassi A, Inchingolo R, Demi L. The role of ultrasound lung artifacts in the diagnosis of respiratory diseases. Expert Rev Respir Med 2019; 13:163–172. - PubMed

[7] Lichtenstein D, Mézière G, Biderman P, Gepner A, Barré O. The comet‐tail artifact: an ultrasound sign of alveolar‐interstitial syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 156:1640–1646. - PubMed

[8] Lichtenstein D, Mézière G, Biderman P, Gepner A, Barré O. The comet‐tail artifact: an ultrasound sign of alveolar‐interstitial syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 156:1640–1646. - PubMed

[9] Soldati G, Smargiassi A, Demi L, Inchingolo R. Artifactual lung ultrasonography: it is a matter of traps, order, and disorder. Appl Sci 2020; 10:1570.

[10] Soldati G, Smargiassi A, Demi L, Inchingolo R. Artifactual lung ultrasonography: it is a matter of traps, order, and disorder. Appl Sci 2020; 10:1570.

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