LUS for COVID-19 Pneumonia: Flexible or Reproducible Approach?

Affiliations

¹ Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Valle del Serchio General Hospital, Lucca, Italy.
² Pulmonary Medicine Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Emergency Department, Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy.
⁵ Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Ultrasound Laboratory Trento, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.

Gino Soldati et al. J Ultrasound Med. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;41(2):525-526.

doi: 10.1002/jum.15726. Epub 2021 Apr 22.

¹ Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Valle del Serchio General Hospital, Lucca, Italy.
² Pulmonary Medicine Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Emergency Department, Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy.
⁵ Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Ultrasound Laboratory Trento, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.

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