key: cord-0883517-tybh207e
authors: Poggiali, Erika; Dacrema, Alessandro; Bastoni, Davide; Tinelli, Valentina; Demichele, Elena; Mateo Ramos, Pau; Marcianò, Teodoro; Silva, Matteo; Vercelli, Andrea; Magnacavallo, Andrea
title: Can Lung US Help Critical Care Clinicians in the Early Diagnosis of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pneumonia?
date: 2020-03-13
journal: Radiology
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020200847
sha: 6051c91e40bb4e1369d287d264a33add61922c87
doc_id: 883517
cord_uid: tybh207e

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In all the patients, we found a diffuse B-pattern with spared areas. Only three patients had posterior subpleural consolidations. Chest CT scan was performed in all 12 patients and showed a strong correlation with US: bilateral lung involvement with ground-glass opacity; five of 12 patients had a crazy-paving pattern. Organizing pneumonia was confirmed in four patients as well as detected with lung US.

We are aware that our data are preliminary and further studies are necessary to confirm the role of lung US in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19 pneumonia, but we strongly recommend the use of bedside US for the early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia in all the patients who presented to the emergency department with flu-like symptoms in novel COVID-19 era.

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The authors would like to thank all the emergency doctors and nurses of their hospital for the help and energy to face such a difficult public health crisis.