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Lung Ultrasound Findings Are Associated with Mortality and Need for Intensive Care Admission in COVID-19 Patients Evaluated in the Emergency Department
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Vol. 46Issue 11p2927–2937Published online: July 15, 2020
- Nicola Bonadia
- Annamaria Carnicelli
- Alfonso Piano
- Danilo Buonsenso
- Emanuele Gilardi
- Cristina Kadhim
- and others
Cited in Scopus: 49
Lung ultrasound (LUS) has recently been advocated as an accurate tool to diagnose coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. However, reports on its use are based mainly on hypothesis studies, case reports or small retrospective case series, while the prognostic role of LUS in COVID-19 patients has not yet been established. We conducted a prospective study aimed at assessing the ability of LUS to predict mortality and intensive care unit admission of COVID-19 patients evaluated in a tertiary level emergency department.