Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Lung Ultrasound for the Assessment of Medical Inpatients With Known or Suspected Coronavirus Disease 2019
Y. I, Hussain A, Wagner M, Walker B, Chee A, Arishenkoff S, Buchanan B, Liu RB, Mints G, Wong T, Noble V, Tonelli AC, Dumoulin E, Miller DJ, Hergott CA, Liteplo AS. Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Lung Ultrasound for the Assessment of Medical Inpatients With Known or Suspected Coronavirus Disease 2019. Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2020, 40: 1879-1892. PMID: 33274782, PMCID: PMC8451849, DOI: 10.1002/jum.15571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of LUSLung ultrasoundCoronavirus disease 2019Medical inpatientsConsensus statementDisease 2019Diagnosis of pneumonitisMultidisciplinary international expertsSerial lung ultrasoundUnnecessary additional imagingGeneral medical inpatientsExpert consensus statementCOVID-19Fourth roundClinical statusAdditional imagingPretest probabilityUltrasound featuresClinical conditionsDischarge decisionsPatientsInpatientsExpert panelDiagnosisInternational experts