Abstract
We read the interesting letter of Khalili et al. about the role of lung ultrasound (LU) in diagnosing COVID-19 interstitial pneumonia during the recent SARS-CoV-2 global outbreak (1). We would like to present our different point of view. The Authors, after listing some of the benefits of LU, argue that it suffers from lower sensitivity than computed tomography (CT) and for this reason, it would not be useful in the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia. However, Yang et al. compared LU and CT on 29 patients (for 540 lung regions) (2) and found that LU was more sensitive than CT in the diagnosis of regional alveolar-interstitial pattern, alveolar-interstitial syndrome, consolidations, and pleural effusion (60% vs.
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