TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulmonary Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
T2 - A Systematic Review
AU - Pecho-Silva, Samuel
AU - Navarro-Solsol, Ana Claudia
AU - Taype-Rondan, Alvaro
AU - Torres-Valencia, Javier
AU - Arteaga-Livias, Kovy
AU - Herriman, Daniel Albert
AU - Acosta-Pinzas, Karim
AU - Valenzuela-Rodriguez, German
AU - Barboza, Joshuan J.
AU - Panduro-Correa, Vicky
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has not received specific funding from public sector agencies, the commercial sector or non-profit organizations. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - The goal of this review was to systematize the evidence on pulmonary ultrasound (PU) use in diagnosis, monitorization or hospital discharge criteria for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Evidence on the use of PU for diagnosis and monitorization of or as hospital discharge criteria for COVID-19 patients confirmed to have COVID-19 by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) between December 1, 2019 and July 5, 2020 was compared with evidence obtained with thoracic radiography (TR), chest computed tomography (CT) and RT-PCR. The type of study, motives for use of PU, population, type of transducer and protocol, results of PU and quantitative or qualitative correlation with TR and/or chest CT and/or RT-PCR were evaluated. A total of 28 articles comprising 418 patients were involved. The average age was 50 y (standard deviation: 25.1 y), and there were 395 adults and 23 children. One hundred forty-three were women, 13 of whom were pregnant. The most frequent result was diffuse, coalescent and confluent B-lines. The plural line was irregular, interrupted or thickened. The presence of subpleural consolidation was noduliform, lobar or multilobar. There was good qualitative correlation between TR and chest CT and a quantitative correlation with chest CT of r = 0.65 (p < 0.001). Forty-four patients were evaluated only with PU. PU is a useful tool for diagnosis and monitorization and as criteria for hospital discharge for patients with COVID-19.
AB - The goal of this review was to systematize the evidence on pulmonary ultrasound (PU) use in diagnosis, monitorization or hospital discharge criteria for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Evidence on the use of PU for diagnosis and monitorization of or as hospital discharge criteria for COVID-19 patients confirmed to have COVID-19 by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) between December 1, 2019 and July 5, 2020 was compared with evidence obtained with thoracic radiography (TR), chest computed tomography (CT) and RT-PCR. The type of study, motives for use of PU, population, type of transducer and protocol, results of PU and quantitative or qualitative correlation with TR and/or chest CT and/or RT-PCR were evaluated. A total of 28 articles comprising 418 patients were involved. The average age was 50 y (standard deviation: 25.1 y), and there were 395 adults and 23 children. One hundred forty-three were women, 13 of whom were pregnant. The most frequent result was diffuse, coalescent and confluent B-lines. The plural line was irregular, interrupted or thickened. The presence of subpleural consolidation was noduliform, lobar or multilobar. There was good qualitative correlation between TR and chest CT and a quantitative correlation with chest CT of r = 0.65 (p < 0.001). Forty-four patients were evaluated only with PU. PU is a useful tool for diagnosis and monitorization and as criteria for hospital discharge for patients with COVID-19.
KW - B-Lines
KW - COVID-19
KW - Pulmonary ultrasound
KW - Thoracic radiography
KW - Thoracic tomography
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.04.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.04.011
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 34024680
AN - SCOPUS:85106599139
SN - 0301-5629
VL - 47
SP - 1997
EP - 2005
JO - Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
JF - Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
IS - 8
ER -