[HTML][HTML] Should point-of-care ultrasound become part of healthcare worker testing for COVID?

N Smallwood, A Walden, P Parulekar… - Clinical Medicine, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The NHS in England has rapidly expanded staff testing for COVID-19 in order to allow
healthcare workers who would otherwise be isolating with symptoms suspicious of COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Point of care lung ultrasound is useful when screening for CoVid-19 in Emergency Department patients

P Walsh, A Hankins, H Bang - MedRxiv, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background CoVid-19 can be a life-threatening lung disease or a trivial upper respiratory
infection depending on whether the alveoli are involved. Emergency department (ED) …

Lung ultrasonography in ruling out COVID-19 among health care workers in two Italian emergency departments: a multicenter study

R Copetti, G Amore, CA Giudice… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The low sensitivity of the real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain
reaction (rRT-PCR) test on the nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV2 virus could cause …

Point-of-care lung ultrasonography for early identification of mild COVID-19: a prospective cohort of outpatients in a Swiss screening center

S Schaad, T Brahier, MA Hartley, JB Cordonnier… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Early identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection is important to guide quarantine and
reduce transmission. This study evaluates the diagnostic performance of lung ultrasound …

Point-of-care lung ultrasonography for early identification of mild COVID-19: a prospective cohort of outpatients in a Swiss screening center

S Schaad, T Brahier, MA Hartley, JB Cordonnier… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Background Early identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection is important to guide quarantine
and reduce transmission. This study evaluates the diagnostic performance of lung …

[HTML][HTML] Point-of-care lung ultrasound is useful to evaluate emergency department patients for COVID-19

P Walsh, A Hankins, H Bang - Western Journal of Emergency …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We performed a retrospective, structured, blinded ultrasound review and chart
review in patients 14 years or older with symptoms prompting ED evaluation for COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Lung assessment with point-of-care ultrasound in respiratory coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a prospective cohort study

V Speidel, A Conen, V Gisler, CA Fux… - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lung ultrasound (LUS) has shown promising diagnostic potential in different pulmonary
conditions. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of LUS for pulmonary COVID-19. In this …

Role of lung ultrasound in identifying COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with negative swab during the outbreak

G Aiosa, R Gianfreda, M Pastorino… - Emergency Care …, 2020 - pagepressjournals.org
Lung ultrasound is a reasonable tool for detection of manifestations of COVID-19, to facilitate
the division of patients flow of infected with SARS-CoV-2 from those affected by other …

Comparing lung ultrasound: extensive versus short in COVID-19 (CLUES): a multicentre, observational study at the emergency department

B Kok, F Schuit, A Lieveld, K Azijli… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Bedside lung ultrasound (LUS) is an affordable diagnostic tool that could
contribute to identifying COVID-19 pneumonia. Different LUS protocols are currently used at …

[HTML][HTML] The role of lung ultrasound as a frontline diagnostic tool in the era of COVID-19 outbreak

C Sorlini, M Femia, G Nattino, P Bellone… - Internal and emergency …, 2021 - Springer
The diffusion of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)
worldwide prompted the World Health Organization to declare the status of pandemic. The …