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On the Impact of Different Lung Ultrasound Imaging Protocols in the Evaluation of Patients Affected by Coronavirus Disease 2019
Author(s) -
Mento Federico,
Perrone Tiziano,
Macioce Veronica Narvena,
Tursi Francesco,
Buonsenso Danilo,
Torri Elena,
Smargiassi Andrea,
Inchingolo Riccardo,
Soldati Gino,
Demi Libertario
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.15580
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasound , covid-19 , lung ultrasound , radiology , multicenter study , lung , coronavirus , coronavirus infections , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , randomized controlled trial
Lung ultrasound (LUS) is currently being extensively used for the evaluation of patients affected by coronavirus disease 2019. In the past months, several imaging protocols have been proposed in the literature. However, how the different protocols would compare when applied to the same patients had not been investigated yet. To this end, in this multicenter study, we analyzed the outcomes of 4 different LUS imaging protocols, respectively based on 4, 8, 12, and 14 LUS acquisitions, on data from 88 patients. Results show how a 12‐area acquisition system seems to be a good tradeoff between the acquisition time and accuracy.