Significance of Lung Ultrasound in Patients with Suspected COVID-19 Infection at Hospital Admission.

With a lung ultrasound (LUS) the typical findings are interstitial pneumonia. COVID-19 pneumonia is often manifested in sub-pleural areas, which is preferably detected by sonography. An RT-PCR test cannot always ensure a safe differentiation of COVID-19- and non-diseased cases.

In Vivo Assessment of Lung Ultrasound Features Mimicking Viral Pneumonia Using a Large Animal Model.

Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a practical tool for lung diagnosis when computer tomography (CT) is not available. Recent findings suggest that LUS diagnosis is highly advantageous because of its mobility and correlation with radiological findings for viral pneumonia. Simple models for both educational evaluation and technical evaluation are needed.