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Lung Ultrasound in Children with COVID-19: Preliminary Findings
Ultrasound in Medicine and BiologyVol. 46Issue 8p2094–2098Published online: May 3, 2020- Anna Maria Musolino
- Maria Chiara Supino
- Danilo Buonsenso
- Valentina Ferro
- Piero Valentini
- Andrea Magistrelli
- and others
Cited in Scopus: 89Recent evidence indicates the usefulness of lung ultrasound (LUS) in detecting coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pneumonia. However, no data are available on the use of LUS in children with COVID-19 pneumonia. In this report, we describe LUS features of 10 consecutively admitted children with COVID-19 in two tertiary-level pediatric hospitals in Rome. LUS revealed signs of lung involvement during COVID-19 infection. In particular, vertical artifacts (70%), pleural irregularities (60%), areas of white lung (10%) and subpleural consolidations (10%) were the main findings in patients with COVID-19.