Lung Ultrasound in Assessment of Patients with COVID-19

doi:10.37015/AUDT.2020.200039

Abstract

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

Jianjian Liu, MD, Xin Ma, MD, Xujuan Pu, MD, Jingjing Huang, MD, Zongguo Yang, MD, Xia Shi, MD, Dou Wu, MD, Liping Sun, MD, Hui Zhang, MD. Lung Ultrasound in Assessment of Patients with COVID-19. Advanced Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Therapy, 2020, 4(2): 112-118.

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