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Lung Ultrasound Point‐of‐View in Pediatric and Adult COVID ‐19 Infection
Author(s) -
Norbedo Stefania,
Blaivas Michael,
Raffaldi Irene,
Caroselli Costantino
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.15475
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , lung ultrasound , covid-19 , respiratory distress , lung , vasculitis , ultrasound , lung infection , intensive care medicine , virology , radiology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
From its start in China in December 2019, infection by the new SARS‐CoV2 spread fast all over the world. It can present as severe respiratory distress in the elderly or a vasculitis in a child, most of whom are typically completely asymptomatic. This makes infection detection based on clinical grounds exceedingly difficult. Lung ultrasound has become an important tool in diagnosis and follow‐up of patient with COVID‐19 infection.Here we review available, up to date literature on ultrasound use for COVID‐19 suspected pediatric patients and contrast it to published findings in adult patients.