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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 102, Issue 6, Pages 1198-1202Publisher
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0280
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- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) concerning the SDGs Business Verification Survey with the Private Sector for Point of Care Ultrasound through Professional Capacity Development in Kenya
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Patients with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) typically present with bilateral multilobar ground-glass opacification with a peripheral distribution. The utility of point-of-care ultrasound has been suggested, but detailed descriptions of lung ultrasound findings are not available. Weevaluated lung ultrasound findings in 10 patients admitted to the internal medicine ward with COVID-19. All of the patients had characteristic glass rockets with or without the Birolleau variant (white lung). Thick irregular pleural lines and confluent B lines were also present in all of the patients. Five of the 10 patients had small subpleural consolidations. Point-of-care lung ultrasound has multiple advantages, including lack of radiation exposure and repeatability. Also, lung ultrasound has been shown to be more sensitive than a chest radiograph in detecting alveolar-interstitial syndrome. The utilization of lung ultrasound may also reduce exposure of healthcare workers to severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 and may mitigate the shortage of personal protective equipment. Further studies are needed to evaluate the utility of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19.
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