Lung ultrasound findings in a 64-year-old woman with COVID-19

Thomas, Adam; Haljan, Greg; Mitra, Anish R

doi:10.1503/cmaj.200414

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“…The adult studies suggested similar findings: thickening of the pleural line with pleural line irregularity ( Figure 4); B lines: focal ( Figure 5), multifocal ( Figure 6), confluent ( Figure 7); subpleural consolidations (Figure 8), in a variety of patterns including multifocal small, nontranslobar and translobar with occasional mobile air bronchograms; pleural effusion is uncommon. 9,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] In light of these findings researchers have proposed 4 patterns considering the loss of aeration: 21 pattern 0: presence of A-lines or up to 2 different B-lines instead of A lines. pattern 1: 3 or more evident B-lines.…”

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Lung Ultrasound Point‐of‐View in Pediatric and Adult COVID‐19 Infection

Norbedo

Blaivas

Raffaldi

et al. 2020

J of Ultrasound Medicine

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, infection by the new SARS-CoV2 spread fast all over the world. It can present as severe respiratory distress in the elderly or a vasculitis in a child, most of whom are typically completely asymptomatic. This makes infection detection based on clinical grounds exceedingly difficult. Lung ultrasound has become an important tool in diagnosis and followup of patient with COVID-19 infection.Here we review available, up to date literature on ultrasound use for COVID-19 suspected pediatric patients and contrast it to published findings in adult patients.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Lung Ultrasound Point‐of‐View in Pediatric and Adult COVID‐19 Infection

Norbedo

Blaivas

Raffaldi

et al. 2020

J of Ultrasound Medicine

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“…Previous literature has comprised case reports, and case series of 12 and 20 patients. [23][24][25] Scanning techniques, and images of patients with proven COVID-19 have spread among clinicians on Twitter and blogs 26,27 among others, and at least one COVID-19 ultrasound scoring system has been proposed. 28 LUS has emerged as a clinical tool in human and veterinary medicine and in animal research with some advocates calling for it to replace the stethoscope.…”

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Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound Is Useful to Evaluate Emergency Department Patients for COVID-19

Walsh

Hankins

Bang

2020

WestJEM

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“…This technique could be useful for frequent and repeated examinations for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. Under ultrasound imaging, pleural line thickening with uneven B-lines can be observed in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia [62], [63]. LUS findings have been shown to correlate well with CT [59], [62], [64].…”

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Ultrasound Elastography for Lung Disease Assessment

Zhou

Yang

Zhang

et al. 2020

IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr.

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Ultrasound elastography (US-E) is a noninvasive, safe, cost-effective and reliable technique to assess the mechanical properties of soft tissue and provide imaging biomarkers for pathological processes. Many lung diseases such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and interstitial lung disease are associated with dramatic changes in mechanical properties of lung tissues. Nevertheless, USE is rarely used to image the lung because it is filled with air. The large difference in acoustic impedance between air and lung tissue results in the reflection of the ultrasound wave at the lung surface and, consequently, the loss of most ultrasound energy. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in USE applications in evaluating lung diseases. This article provides a comprehensive review of the technological advances of USE research on lung disease diagnosis. We introduce the basic principles and major techniques of USE and provide information on various applications in lung disease assessment. Finally, the potential applications of USE to the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia is discussed. Index Terms-COVID-19 pneumonia, endobronchial ultrasound elastography (US-E), lung cancer, lung disease, lung ultrasound surface wave elastography (LUSWE), pulmonary fibrosis. I. INTRODUCTION L UNG disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) include more than 200 diseases, such as pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary edema, pneumonia, and so on. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is increasingly recognized as a public health concern, with more than 50 000 cases annually diagnosed [1], and lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women, making up almost 25% of all cancer deaths. Meanwhile, in 2020, the world is experiencing the Covid-19 pandemic, which has resulted in many cases of pneumonia. More than ever, accurate diagnosis and monitoring of lung diseases are concerns of global scale.

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Lung ultrasound findings in a 64-year-old woman with COVID-19

Cited by 37 publications

References 5 publications

Lung Ultrasound Point‐of‐View in Pediatric and Adult COVID‐19 Infection

Lung Ultrasound Point‐of‐View in Pediatric and Adult COVID‐19 Infection

Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound Is Useful to Evaluate Emergency Department Patients for COVID-19

Ultrasound Elastography for Lung Disease Assessment

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