Usefulness of thoracic ultrasound for diagnosis and follow-up of pneumonia

Classically the diagnosis of both bacterial and viral pneumonias was made with chest radiology, later the use of chestCT was implemented, however in recent years lung ultrasoundhas become very important in the diagnosis of pulmonary pathology and increased in pandemic by SARS-CoV-2, due to thepracticality of being done at the patient’s bedside, the abilityto be reproducible, and the decrease in radiation exposure topatients (AU)