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Diagnostic Imaging in Newborns, Children and Adolescents Infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Is There a Realistic Alternative to Lung High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) and Chest X-Rays? A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Caroselli, Costantino; Blaivas, Michael; Falzetti, Sara.
  • Caroselli C; Acute Geriatric Unit, Geriatric Emergency Room and Aging Research Centre, IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy. Electronic address: costantinocost@yahoo.it.
  • Blaivas M; Department of Emergency Medicine. St Francis Hospital, Columbus, GA, USA; Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Location.
  • Falzetti S; School of Specialization in Geriatrics, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy.
Ultrasound Med Biol ; 47(11): 3034-3040, 2021 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1376111
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Chest computed tomography has been frequently used to evaluate patients with potential coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. However, this may be particularly risky for pediatric patients owing to high doses of ionizing radiation. We sought to evaluate COVID-19 imaging options in pediatric patients based on the published literature. We performed an exhaustive literature review focusing on COVID-19 imaging in pediatric patients. We used the search terms "COVID-19," "SARS-CoV2," "coronavirus," "2019-nCoV," "Wuhan virus," "lung ultrasound (LUS)," "sonography," "lung HRCT," "children," "childhood" and "newborn" to query the online databases PubMed, Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), Embase, LitCovid, the World Health Organization COVID-19 database and Medline Bireme. Articles meeting the inclusion criteria were included in the analysis and review. We identified only seven studies using lung ultrasound (LUS) to diagnose severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in newborns and children. The studies evaluated small numbers of patients, and only 6% had severe or critical illness associated with COVID-19. LUS showed the presence of B-lines in 50% of patients, sub-pleural consolidation in 43.18%, pleural irregularities in 34.09%, coalescent B-lines and white lung in 25%, pleural effusion in 6.82% and thickening of the pleural line in 4.55%. We found 117 studies describing the use of chest X-ray or chest computed tomography in pediatric patients with COVID-19. The proportion of those who were severely or critically ill was similar to that in the LUS study population. Our review indicates that use of LUS should be encouraged in pediatric patients, who are at highest risk of complications from medical ionizing radiation. Increased use of LUS may be of particularly high impact in under-resourced areas, where access to chest computed tomography may be limited.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Radiography / Ultrasonography / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Reviews / Systematic review/Meta Analysis Limits: Adolescent / Child / Child, preschool / Humans / Infant / Infant, Newborn Language: English Journal: Ultrasound Med Biol Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Radiography / Ultrasonography / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Reviews / Systematic review/Meta Analysis Limits: Adolescent / Child / Child, preschool / Humans / Infant / Infant, Newborn Language: English Journal: Ultrasound Med Biol Year: 2021 Document Type: Article