Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound Is More Sensitive than Chest Radiograph for Evaluation of COVID-19

Introduction: Current recommendations for diagnostic imaging for moderately to severely ill patients with suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) include chest radiograph (CXR). Our primary objective was to determine whether lung ultrasound (LUS) B-lines, when excluding patients with alternati...

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Main Authors: Joseph R. Pare, Ingrid Camelo, Kelly C. Mayo, Megan M. Leo, Julianne N. Dugas, Kerrie P. Nelson, William E. Baker, Faizah Shareef, Patricia M. Mitchell, Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2020-07-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1x83j2gv