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2020 , Vol. 4 >Issue 2: 112 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37015/AUDT.2020.200039

Original Research

Lung Ultrasound in Assessment of Patients with COVID-19

  • Liu, MD Jianjian ,
  • Ma, MD Xin ,
  • Pu, MD Xujuan ,
  • Huang, MD Jingjing ,
  • Yang, MD Zongguo ,
  • Shi, MD Xia ,
  • Wu, MD Dou ,
  • Sun, MD Liping ,
  • Zhang, MD Hui
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  • a Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    b Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Ultrasound Research and Education Institute, Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultrasound Diagnosis and Treatment, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Received date: 2020-04-14

  Online published: 2020-04-23

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Abstract

Objective: To explore the diagnostic value of pulmonary ultrasound in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Methods: A total of 27 COVID-19 patients (mean age ± standard deviation, 62.6 ± 12.4 years) were enrolled in this study, including 14 males (51.9%) and 13 females (48.1%). Clinical information of these patients was collected, including age, gender, clinical manifestations, medical history, and laboratory indicators. All patients underwent ultrasound examination of their lungs and the results were analyzed.
Results: Ultrasound examination of the lungs showed that the lesions in 24 patients were located in both lungs (88.9%), 1 patient's lesions were located in the left lung (3.7%), and 2 patients' lesions were located in the right lung (7.4%). Patients with abnormal lung changes mainly had consolidation, air bronchogram, pisces sign, comet-tail artifact, pleural effusion, fusion B-line, and either multiple or few B-lines.
Conclusion: Pulmonary ultrasound examination was a convenient and radiation-free examination method, which could have important clinical value in evaluation of patients with COVID-19.

Key words： Lung ultrasound; COVID-19; Novel coronavirus; Pneumonia

Cite this article

Liu, MD Jianjian , Ma, MD Xin , Pu, MD Xujuan , Huang, MD Jingjing , Yang, MD Zongguo , Shi, MD Xia , Wu, MD Dou , Sun, MD Liping , Zhang, MD Hui . Lung Ultrasound in Assessment of Patients with COVID-19[J]. ADVANCED ULTRASOUND IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY, 2020 , 4(2) : 112 -118 . DOI: 10.37015/AUDT.2020.200039

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