Comparison of Chest Ultrasound and Standard X-Ray Imaging in COVID-19 Patients.
Ultrasound Int Open
; 6(2): E36-E40, 2020 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-752419
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The COVID-19 pandemic poses new challenges for the medical community due to its large number of patients presenting with varying symptoms. Chest ultrasound (ChUS) may be particularly useful in the early clinical management in suspected COVID-19 patients due to its broad availability and rapid application. We aimed to investigate patterns of ChUS in COVID-19 patients and compare the findings with results from chest X-ray (CRX). MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
24 patients (18 symptomatic, 6 asymptomatic) with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction underwent bedside ChUS in addition to CRX following admission. Subsequently, the results of ChUS and CRX were compared.RESULTS:
94% (n=17/18) of patients with respiratory symptoms demonstrated lung abnormalities on ChUS. ChUS was especially useful to detect interstitial syndrome compared to CXR in COVID-19 patients (17/18 vs. 11/18; p<0.02). Of note, ChUS also detected lung consolidations very effectively (14/18 for ChUS vs. 7/18 cases for CXR; p<0.02). Besides pathological B-lines and subpleural consolidations, pleural line abnormality (89%; n=16/18) was the third most common feature in patients with respiratory manifestations of COVID-19 detected by ChUS.CONCLUSION:
Our findings support the high value of ChUS in the management of COVID-19 patients.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Ultrasound Int Open
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
A-1217-1603
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