Abstract：
:The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, which has spread to many countries around the world, has hit Europe particularly hard. From our point of view, in a rural emergency department (with an annual patient census of around 25,000) in northeastern Italy, it is necessary to preserve the hospital and prevent it from becoming an outbreak of infection. In our experience, we reevaluated the negative predictive value of lung ultrasound to rule out lung involvement. Since severe acute respiratory failure appears to be the leading cause of death for COVID-19 patients, it is essential to focus on this clinical feature. We currently believe that a patient suspected of COVID-19, if he has a normal ultrasound examination (a so-called "A-profile"), can be discharged home to continue isolation and be treated without being hospitalized.
journal_name
Eur J Intern Medjournal_title
European journal of internal medicineauthors
Copetti R,Amore G,Di Gioia CC,Orso Ddoi
10.1016/j.ejim.2020.06.031subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-10-01 00:00:00pages
108-110eissn
0953-6205issn
1879-0828pii
S0953-6205(20)30276-4journal_volume
80pub_type
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