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Comparison of Chest Ultrasound and Standard X-Ray Imaging in COVID-19 Patients 

Evgenii Shumilov, Ali Seif Amir Hosseini, Golo Petzold, Hannes Treiber, Joachim Lotz, Volker Ellenrieder, Steffen Kunsch, Albrecht Neesse

DOI: 10.1055/a-1217-1603

The COVID-19 pandemic poses new challenges for the medical community due to its large number of patients presenting with varying symptoms. Chest ultrasound (ChUS) may be particularly useful in the early clinical management in suspected COVID-19 patients due to its broad availability and rapid application. We aimed to investigate patterns of ChUS in COVID-19 patients and compare the findings with results from chest X-ray (CRX). 24 patients (18 symptomatic, 6 asymptomatic) with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction underwent bedside ChUS in addition to CRX following admission. Subsequently, the results of ChUS and CRX were compared.

Publication History

Article published online:
08 December 2020