Study says chest ultrasound can serve as a viable alternative to chest CT in the evaluation of pediatric patients with complicated pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion A study published in the ...

A pleural effusion was also seen. This pattern on pulmonary sonography is currently considered indicative of COVID-19 viral pneumonia. Computed tomography confirmed the morphological findings ...

Results Lung ultrasound enables diagnosis of pleural effusion, pneumonia, atelectasis, pulmonary contusion, pulmonary oedema and pneumothorax with high sensitivity and specificity. Sonographic ...