Lung ultrasound in the emergency department - a valuable tool in the management of patients presenting with respiratory symptoms during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Lung ultrasound in the emergency department - a valuable tool in the management of patients presenting with respiratory symptoms during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Abstract Background Typical lung ultrasound (LUS) findings in patients with a COVID-19 infection were reported early on. During the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, LUS was propagated as a useful instrument in triage and monitoring. We evaluated LUS as a rapid diagnostic triage tool for the management of...

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Main Authors: Bonaventura Schmid, Doreen Feuerstein, Corinna N. Lang, Katrin Fink, Rebecca Steger, Marina Rieder, Daniel Duerschmied, Hans-Jörg Busch, Domagoj Damjanovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Lung ultrasound
COVID-19
Triage
Emergency department
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-020-00389-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-020-00389-w

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