In the daily management of the COVID-19 emergency, was it necessary for health professionals to review their way of doing ultrasound? How important is it to be able to carry out assessments on multiple districts, if necessary, through ultrasound? Thanks to its multidisciplinary, can ultrasound be considered an all-round tool in the acceptance protocols and monitoring of different pathologies?
Federico Mereta, medical-scientific journalist, interviewed Dr. Giovanni Battista Fonsi, Medical Manager of the Emergency Surgery Unit at the Accident and Emergency Department of Umberto I General Hospital, Rome (Italy)
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