Lung Ultrasound in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in the Sub-Intensive Care Unit: Beyond the Diagnostic Purpose
Lung Ultra-Sound (LUS) can be very helpful at the diagnostic stage of COVID-19 pneumonia. We describe four clinical cases that summarize other helpful employment of LUS during the management of severe COVID-19 pneumonia with lung failure. LUS, together with clinical signs and arterial blood gases va...
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doaj-9882b74e8a914ae9b9c6d1a2a85ceb992020-12-17T04:49:00ZengElsevierRespiratory Medicine Case Reports2213-00712020-01-0131101307Lung Ultrasound in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in the Sub-Intensive Care Unit: Beyond the Diagnostic PurposeElena Magnani0Luca Mattei1Elisa Paolucci2Giovanni Magalotti3Nicoletta Giacalone4Chiara Praticò5Beniamino Praticò6Maria Cristina Zani7Division of Respiratory Sub-Intensive Care, Internal Medicine Unit, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy; Corresponding author.Division of Respiratory Sub-Intensive Care, Internal Medicine Unit, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, ItalyDivision of Respiratory Sub-Intensive Care, Internal Medicine Unit, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, ItalyDivision of Respiratory Sub-Intensive Care, Internal Medicine Unit, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, ItalyDivision of Respiratory Sub-Intensive Care, Internal Medicine Unit, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, ItalyEmergency Care Unit, S. Maria Della Scaletta Hospital, Imola, ItalyDivision of Respiratory Sub-Intensive Care, Internal Medicine Unit, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, ItalyDivision of Respiratory Sub-Intensive Care, Internal Medicine Unit, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, ItalyLung Ultra-Sound (LUS) can be very helpful at the diagnostic stage of COVID-19 pneumonia. We describe four clinical cases that summarize other helpful employment of LUS during the management of severe COVID-19 pneumonia with lung failure. LUS, together with clinical signs and arterial blood gases values, assists in guiding prompt clinical management of potential worsening of conditions. The monitoring of size and signs of aeration of consolidations is an important adjuvant in evaluating clinical evolution. The monitoring of LUS patterns can guide the management of non-invasive ventilation as well as the timing of CPAP weaning.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007120305219Severe COVID-19 diseasePneumoniaLung ultrasoundNon-invasive ventilation |
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Elena Magnani Luca Mattei Elisa Paolucci Giovanni Magalotti Nicoletta Giacalone Chiara Praticò Beniamino Praticò Maria Cristina Zani Lung Ultrasound in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in the Sub-Intensive Care Unit: Beyond the Diagnostic Purpose Respiratory Medicine Case Reports Severe COVID-19 disease Pneumonia Lung ultrasound Non-invasive ventilation |
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Lung Ultrasound in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in the Sub-Intensive Care Unit: Beyond the Diagnostic Purpose |
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Lung Ultrasound in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in the Sub-Intensive Care Unit: Beyond the Diagnostic Purpose |
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Lung Ultrasound in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in the Sub-Intensive Care Unit: Beyond the Diagnostic Purpose |
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Lung Ultrasound in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in the Sub-Intensive Care Unit: Beyond the Diagnostic Purpose |
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Lung Ultrasound in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia in the Sub-Intensive Care Unit: Beyond the Diagnostic Purpose |
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lung ultrasound in severe covid-19 pneumonia in the sub-intensive care unit: beyond the diagnostic purpose |
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
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2213-0071 |
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2020-01-01 |
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Lung Ultra-Sound (LUS) can be very helpful at the diagnostic stage of COVID-19 pneumonia. We describe four clinical cases that summarize other helpful employment of LUS during the management of severe COVID-19 pneumonia with lung failure. LUS, together with clinical signs and arterial blood gases values, assists in guiding prompt clinical management of potential worsening of conditions. The monitoring of size and signs of aeration of consolidations is an important adjuvant in evaluating clinical evolution. The monitoring of LUS patterns can guide the management of non-invasive ventilation as well as the timing of CPAP weaning. |
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Severe COVID-19 disease Pneumonia Lung ultrasound Non-invasive ventilation |
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