Abstract
After its origin in Wuhan, China, coronavirus related respiratory illness spread across the globe, being declared as a pandemic by WHO on March 13, 2020. Because it is acquired via respiratory droplets, community spread is responsible for the recent global crisis. The current diagnostic options include real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and a few serology tests, including but not limited to the recently approved five minutes serology tests. The disease presents as a lower respiratory tract illness. Anecdotal experiences have shown that imaging characteristics are crucial to diagnosis as radiological evidence of disease appears prior to clinical manifestations and tends to evolve over time, which can be useful in predicting the stage of the disease. CT scan is more sensitive than a chest X-ray in highlighting these changes.
Highlights
BackgroundAffecting 1,099,389 people and claiming 58,901 human lives [1], the coronavirus related pandemic is one of the deadliest known epidemics in recent times
Researchers discovered that the pathogen responsible for the respiratory illness was a novel strain of the family Coronaviradae, which is similar to two previous epidemics, namely Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
According to Soldati et al, lung ultrasound (LUS) can detect changes in superficial lung parenchyma with greater accuracy as compared to chest X-rays and can, play an important role in triage, diagnosis and prognostic stratification of patients in the emergency room (ER) and intensive care unit (ICU) setting [14]. Poggiali and her colleagues recently published a report that suggests that ultrasound findings in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia correlated with CT findings, which signifies that LUS could be useful for early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia in patients presenting to the ER [15]
Summary
BackgroundAffecting 1,099,389 people and claiming 58,901 human lives [1], the coronavirus related pandemic is one of the deadliest known epidemics in recent times. Categories: Infectious Disease, Epidemiology/Public Health Keywords: coronavirus pandemic, covid-19, radiological findings China alarmed the World Health Organization (WHO) of the presence in Wuhan of several cases of an unusual type of pneumonia.
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