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Comment
. 2022 Jun;13(3):759-760.
doi: 10.1007/s41999-022-00613-9. Epub 2022 Jan 21.

Comment on: should lung ultrasound be always performed in older patients with possible COVID-19 disease

Kristoffer Kittelmann Brockhattingen  1   2 , Siri Aas Smedesmark  3   4 , Casper Falster  5   6
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Comment on: should lung ultrasound be always performed in older patients with possible COVID-19 disease

Kristoffer Kittelmann Brockhattingen et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2022 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Geriatric; Lung ultrasound; Point-of-care ultrasound; SARS-CoV2; Ultrasound.

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