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  • The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has critically struck the world economy and healthcare systems. The highly contagious virus spreads rapidly and can result in potentially life-threatening acute respiratory distress. The current established test for diagnosing COVID-19 is using the RT-PCR laboratory test. However, the test requires specialized laboratories and testing kits. Recent reports also showed high false-negative rates. Experts recognize the urgent need to develop a rapid point of care diagnostic tests. Ultrasonography is a widely established safe diagnostic imaging test for detecting various lung abnormalities. Recent publications from China and Italy provided limited evidence on its usefulness for diagnosing COVID-19 in emergency departments earlier than RT-PCR. Ultrasound is sensitive to pleural and subpleural abnormalities, which suggests a great potential diagnostic role given the predilection for COVID-19 in peripheral subpleural regions.This paper reviews the current evidence and discusses the problems with specificity and scoring.
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?:doi
  • 10.1259/bjro.20200027
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?:journal
  • BJR_Open
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/2af947c66b1180d9df4a1d08e8cbcd9de547613e.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7583168.xml.json
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  • 33178984.0
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  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • Point of care lung ultrasound in COVID-19: hype or hope?
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?:year
  • 2020-08-28

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