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From: A New Scoring Model to Diagnose COVID-19 Using Lung Ultrasound in the Emergency Department

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The second patient is 43-year-old male patient complaining of fever for 3 days associated with cough, symptoms of pharyngitis and dyspnea. He is a moderate smoker. He was telling a history of close contact with Covid-19 infected patient. He was examined in ER, and was hemodynamically stable but with high temperature (38.9° C) and with O2 saturation of 91%. Chest X ray revealed bilateral reticulo-nodular infiltrates in both middle and lower lung lobes. Lung ULS showed areas of consolidation and thick smooth pleural line. B-lines were few and dispersed and there was no pleural effusion. He has low score of suspicion and proved to be non-Covid after 3 PCR swabs

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