The use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in COVID-19 lung imaging.
J Ultrasound
; 25(2): 319-323, 2022 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-694852
ABSTRACT
Lung ultrasound has become an essential tool for rapid bedside assessment in critically unwell patients, proving helpful in assessment of COVID-19 due to logistics of cross-sectional imaging. Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) further characterizes sonographic features of COVID-19 as multiple areas of infarction, a finding not reproducible on other widely available imaging modalities. CEUS also has the benefit of being cheap, radiation-free, without risk of nephrotoxicity, and can be performed at the bedside. It is predicted that lung CEUS in COVID-19 may help guide prognosis and management. We describe three cases of CEUS in COVID-19.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Contrast Media
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Ultrasound
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S40477-020-00517-z
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