Care of future mothers amid the COVID-19 outbreak: is there a monitoring role for lung ultrasound?

M Sperandeo¹, G M Trovato^{2

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¹ Interventional and Diagnostic Ultrasound Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
² School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
³ European Medical Association, Brussels, Belgium.

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M Sperandeo et al. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Sep.

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. 2020 Sep;56(3):469-470.

doi: 10.1002/uog.22146.

M Sperandeo¹, G M Trovato^{2

3}

¹ Interventional and Diagnostic Ultrasound Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
² School of Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
³ European Medical Association, Brussels, Belgium.

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