Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Department of Emergency Radiology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
J Ultrasound Med. 2021 Sep;40(9):1971-1974. doi: 10.1002/jum.15556. Epub 2020 Nov 7.
Coronavirus disease 2019 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, which tends to be mild. Even in these cases, our understanding is still incomplete, particularly regarding its sequelae and long-term outcomes. We describe 3 recovered patients who had coronavirus disease 2019, with long-persisting symptoms after recovery, in whom chest computed tomographic and concurrent lung ultrasound examinations were performed. It is possible to correlate the findings from lung ultrasound with the symptoms and the fibrosis or residual abnormalities present on chest computed tomography. Lung ultrasound, which is easy to use, without side effects or radiation, helps monitor the disease resolution or assess early progression to lung fibrosis, as exemplified in the cases reported.
新型冠状病毒病由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 感染引起，通常较为轻微。即便在这些情况下，我们的认识仍不完整，特别是在其后遗症和长期结局方面。我们描述了 3 例新型冠状病毒病康复患者，他们在康复后仍存在长期症状，并对其进行了胸部计算机断层扫描和同时进行的肺部超声检查。肺部超声的结果与症状、胸部计算机断层扫描上存在的纤维化或残留异常之间存在相关性。肺部超声操作简便，无副作用或辐射，有助于监测疾病的缓解情况或评估早期向肺纤维化的进展，如报告的病例所示。
