tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Pediatr Emerg Care
. 2021 Nov 10.
doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002574. Online ahead of print.
Variability in Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound Findings in Pediatric COVID-19 Patients: A Multicenter Case Series
Thomas Lee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Bradley Goldberg, Kathryn Pade, Atim Uya, Stephanie Cohen, Kelly Bergmann, Maher Abulfaraj, Samuel H F Lam, Marsha Elkhunovich
Affiliations
Abstract
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been described as a useful tool for identification of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults and children. Although several case reports describe POCUS findings in children with COVID-19, to our knowledge, there have been no published multicenter case series describing the large heterogeneity in lung POCUS findings in pediatric COVID-19. This series includes 7 symptomatic patients with COVID-19 who had a lung POCUS performed at 6 institutions by pediatric emergency attendings and fellows. The findings were variable, ranging from no findings to the appearance of B-lines, pleural abnormalities, consolidations, and a pleural effusion. Further studies are needed to improve our understanding, characterization, and prognostic correlation of POCUS findings in this novel disease in children.
. 2021 Nov 10.
doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002574. Online ahead of print.
Variability in Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound Findings in Pediatric COVID-19 Patients: A Multicenter Case Series
Thomas Lee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Bradley Goldberg, Kathryn Pade, Atim Uya, Stephanie Cohen, Kelly Bergmann, Maher Abulfaraj, Samuel H F Lam, Marsha Elkhunovich
Affiliations
- PMID: 34772878
- DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002574
Abstract
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been described as a useful tool for identification of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults and children. Although several case reports describe POCUS findings in children with COVID-19, to our knowledge, there have been no published multicenter case series describing the large heterogeneity in lung POCUS findings in pediatric COVID-19. This series includes 7 symptomatic patients with COVID-19 who had a lung POCUS performed at 6 institutions by pediatric emergency attendings and fellows. The findings were variable, ranging from no findings to the appearance of B-lines, pleural abnormalities, consolidations, and a pleural effusion. Further studies are needed to improve our understanding, characterization, and prognostic correlation of POCUS findings in this novel disease in children.