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SUBMITTER: Mateos Gonzalez M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7926899 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mateos González María M García de Casasola Sánchez Gonzalo G Muñoz Francisco Javier Teigell FJT Proud Kevin K Lourdo Davide D Sander Julia-Verena JV Jaimes Gabriel E Ortiz GEO Mader Michael M Canora Lebrato Jesús J Restrepo Marcos I MI Soni Nilam J NJ
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20210222 2
Point-of-care lung ultrasound (LUS) is an attractive alternative to chest X-ray (CXR), but its diagnostic accuracy compared to CXR has not been well studied in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. We conducted a prospective observational study to assess the correlation between LUS and CXR findings in COVID-19 patients. Ninety-six patients with a clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 underwent an LUS exam and CXR upon presentation. Physicians blinded to the CXR findings performed all LUS exams. ...[more]