Lung Ultrasound in Children with COVID-19: Preliminary Findings: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

A.M. Musolino; M.C. Supino; D. Buonsenso; V. Ferro; P. Valentini; A. Magistrelli; M.H. Lombardi; L. Romani; P. D'Argenio; A. Campana; Roman Lung Ultrasound Study Team for Pediatric COVID-19 (ROMULUS COVID Team)

doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.04.026

Lung Ultrasound in Children with COVID-19: Preliminary Findings: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

A.M. Musolino, M.C. Supino, D. Buonsenso, V. Ferro, P. Valentini, A. Magistrelli, M.H. Lombardi, L. Romani, P. D'Argenio, A. Campana, Roman Lung Ultrasound Study Team for Pediatric COVID-19 (ROMULUS COVID Team)

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Recent 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. No cases of pleural effusions were found. According to our experience, the routine use of LUS in the evaluation of children with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, when performed by clinicians with documented experience in LUS, was useful in diagnosing and monitoring pediatric COVID-19 pneumonia, reducing unnecessary radiation/sedation in children and exposure of health care workers to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). © 2020

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2094-2098
Number of pages	5
Journal	Ultrasound Med. Biol.
Volume	46
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.04.026
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

Children
Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19)
Lung ultrasound
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Diagnosis
Diseases
Pediatrics
Ultrasonics
Coronaviruses
Health care workers
Pleural effusion
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
Tertiary levels
Biological organs
adolescent
anosmia
arthralgia
Article
artifact
child
clinical article
coronavirus disease 2019
coughing
diarrhea
echography
female
fever
headache
hospital admission
human
Italy
male
nose smear
nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
observational study
patient monitoring
pneumonia
priority journal
real time polymerase chain reaction
SARS-related coronavirus
sedation
thorax pain
thorax radiography
throat culture
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus infection
diagnostic imaging
hospital
lung
occupational exposure
pandemic
preschool child
prevention and control
procedures
virus pneumonia
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Coronavirus Infections
Female
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Lung
Male
Occupational Exposure
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
Rome
Ultrasonography

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Musolino, A. M., Supino, M. C., Buonsenso, D., Ferro, V., Valentini, P., Magistrelli, A., Lombardi, M. H., Romani, L., D'Argenio, P., Campana, A., & Team), R. L. U. S. T. F. P. COVID. (2020). Lung Ultrasound in Children with COVID-19: Preliminary Findings: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. Ultrasound Med. Biol., 46(8), 2094-2098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.04.026

Lung Ultrasound in Children with COVID-19: Preliminary Findings : Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. / Musolino, A.M.; Supino, M.C.; Buonsenso, D.; Ferro, V.; Valentini, P.; Magistrelli, A.; Lombardi, M.H.; Romani, L.; D'Argenio, P.; Campana, A.; Team), Roman Lung Ultrasound Study Team for Pediatric COVID-19 (ROMULUS COVID.

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Musolino, A.M. ; Supino, M.C. ; Buonsenso, D. ; Ferro, V. ; Valentini, P. ; Magistrelli, A. ; Lombardi, M.H. ; Romani, L. ; D'Argenio, P. ; Campana, A. ; Team), Roman Lung Ultrasound Study Team for Pediatric COVID-19 (ROMULUS COVID. / Lung Ultrasound in Children with COVID-19: Preliminary Findings : Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. In: Ultrasound Med. Biol. 2020 ; Vol. 46, No. 8. pp. 2094-2098.

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