On Recommending Specific Lung Ultrasound Protocols in the Assessment of Medical Inpatients with Known or Suspected Coronavirus Disease-19 Reply

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
⁴ Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
⁵ Department of General Internal Medicine, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre and Department of Medicine, Unisinos University, São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil.
⁶ Division of Cardiac Critical Care, Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Section of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
⁸ Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁹ Department of Critical Care, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁰ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Prisma Health-Upstate, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
¹¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Comment

Irene W Y Ma et al. J Ultrasound Med. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;40(12):2785-2786.

doi: 10.1002/jum.15650. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
⁴ Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
⁵ Department of General Internal Medicine, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre and Department of Medicine, Unisinos University, São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil.
⁶ Division of Cardiac Critical Care, Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Section of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
⁸ Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁹ Department of Critical Care, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁰ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Prisma Health-Upstate, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
¹¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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There is a Validated Acquisition Protocol for Lung Ultrasonography in COVID-19 Pneumonia.
Soldati G, Smargiassi A, Perrone T, Torri E, Mento F, Demi L, Inchingolo R. Soldati G, et al. J Ultrasound Med. 2021 Dec;40(12):2783. doi: 10.1002/jum.15649. Epub 2021 Feb 8. J Ultrasound Med. 2021. PMID: 33555606 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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