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Review
. 2023 Feb;42(2):309-344.
doi: 10.1002/jum.16088. Epub 2022 Aug 22.

New International Guidelines and Consensus on the Use of Lung Ultrasound

Libertario Demi  1 , Frank Wolfram  2 , Catherine Klersy  3 , Annalisa De Silvestri  3 , Virginia Valeria Ferretti  3 , Marie Muller  4 , Douglas Miller  5 , Francesco Feletti  6   7 , Marcin Wełnicki  8 , Natalia Buda  9 , Agnieszka Skoczylas  10 , Andrzej Pomiecko  11 , Domagoj Damjanovic  12 , Robert Olszewski  13 , Andrew W Kirkpatrick  14 , Raoul Breitkreutz  15 , Gebhart Mathis  16 , Gino Soldati  17 , Andrea Smargiassi  18   19 , Riccardo Inchingolo  18   19 , Tiziano Perrone  20
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Review

New International Guidelines and Consensus on the Use of Lung Ultrasound

Libertario Demi et al. J Ultrasound Med. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Following the innovations and new discoveries of the last 10 years in the field of lung ultrasound (LUS), a multidisciplinary panel of international LUS experts from six countries and from different fields (clinical and technical) reviewed and updated the original international consensus for point-of-care LUS, dated 2012. As a result, a total of 20 statements have been produced. Each statement is complemented by guidelines and future developments proposals. The statements are furthermore classified based on their nature as technical (5), clinical (11), educational (3), and safety (1) statements.

Keywords: A-lines; B-lines; COVID-19; LUS safety assurance; SARS-CoV-2; artificial intelligence; lung ultrasound; lung ultrasound protocols; lung ultrasound standardization; point of care ultrasound; post-COVID-19; quantitative ultrasound; sonographic interstitial syndrome; vertical artifacts.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Flowchart of the study process.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Examples of ultrasound images displaying typical LUS patterns. Pleural line, horizontal artifacts (A‐lines), vertical artifacts (B‐lines), and consolidations are indicated by blue, white, green and red arrows, respectively.
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