Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Patients With COVID-19: Pneumonia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, or Something Else?
J Ultrasound Med
; 39(12): 2483-2489, 2020 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-32395910
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a very heterogeneous disease. Some aspects of COVID-19 pneumonia question the real nature of ground glass opacities and its consolidative lesions. It has been hypothesized that COVID-19 lung involvement could represent not only a viral effect but also an immune response induced by the infection, causing epithelial/endothelial lesions and coagulation disorders. We report 3 cases of COVID-19 pneumonia in which contrast-enhanced ultrasound was suggestive of consolidations with perfusion defects, at least in part caused by ischemic or necrotic changes and not only by inflammatory or atelectasis events.
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Pneumonia
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Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório
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Aumento da Imagem
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Ultrassonografia
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Meios de Contraste
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COVID-19
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Pulmão
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article