Can Lung Ultrasound Play a Competitive Role With Computed Tomography in Diagnosis and Follow up of Covid-19 Patients?
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- COVID-19
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
- Enrollment
- 200
- Primary Endpoint
- diagnostic ability of thoracic ultrasound for diagnosis and follow up of covid19 patients
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
investigate the diagnostic ability of thoracic ultrasound in suspicious COVID-19 infection and/or COVID-19 pneumonia. Also, to compare its findings to CT and follow up these findings.
Detailed Description
ultrasound and C.T will be assessed in acute presentation of Covid 19 patients and then those patients will be reassessed again after 1 month by lung ultrasound and C.T and if ultrasound will show the same efficacy of diagnosis or not
Investigators
Esraa Mohamed Amin
Sohag university
Sohag University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •all cases of covid 19 patients
Exclusion Criteria
- •all other causes of consolidation ,ground glass fibrosis or collapse findings of C.T and ultrasound
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
diagnostic ability of thoracic ultrasound for diagnosis and follow up of covid19 patients
Time Frame: after 1 month of acute presentation
compare lung ultrasound with C.T finding of covid 19 patients