Table 3.

Advantages of ultrasound and tele-ultrasound in the examination and evaluation of patients with confirmed and/or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection

•Evaluation of disease progression in pregnancy (Porpora et al. 2021)

•Confirmation of diagnosis in children (Gregori and Sacchetti 2020; Sainz et al. 2021)

•Much safer management procedures feasible for evaluation of suspected cases (Buonsenso et al. 2020)

•Prognostication and assessment of response to COVID-19 therapy without point-of-care ultrasound experts on site (Kulkarni et al. 2020)

•Remote assessment by experts of multiple recorded or live sessions and service for a much wider population

•Medical imaging in refugee camps and remote and not easily accessible areas (Adler et al. 2008; Leiner et al. 2020)

•Significantly lower cost compared with computed tomography scans (Kulkarni et al. 2020)