• Esaote: Special COVID-19

The ultrasound has played a specific role during the management of COVID-19 emergency because it is not restricted to the respiratory tract aspect. Rather it is used to obtain an overview of the situation of patients, at least when they are first admitted.

What is and what was the role of ultrasound in the various stages of COVID-19 management? What are the advantages that this technology has brought?

Federico Mereta, medical-scientific journalist, interviewed Prof. Fabio Piscaglia director of Internal Medicine at Bologna’s Sant’Orsola-Malpighi General Hospital

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