TY - JOUR AU - Schmid, Bonaventura AU - Feuerstein, Doreen AU - Lang, Corinna N. AU - Fink, Katrin AU - Steger, Rebecca AU - Rieder, Marina AU - Duerschmied, Daniel AU - Busch, Hans-Jörg AU - Damjanovic, Domagoj PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/07 TI - Lung ultrasound in the emergency department - a valuable tool in the management of patients presenting with respiratory symptoms during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic JO - BMC Emergency Medicine SP - 96 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Typical lung ultrasound (LUS) findings in patients with a COVID-19 infection were reported early on. During the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, LUS was propagated as a useful instrument in triage and monitoring. We evaluated LUS as a rapid diagnostic triage tool for the management of patients with suspected COVID-19 in the emergency department (ED). SN - 1471-227X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-020-00389-w DO - 10.1186/s12873-020-00389-w ID - Schmid2020 ER -