Lung Ultrasound characteristics of patients presenting to the Emergency Department with suspected COVID-19 infection

PurposeWe aimed to describe the diagnostic accuracy of COVID-19 by lung ultrasound (LUS) in patients presenting to the emergency department with high suspicion of COVID-19 infection.We also evaluated the inter-rater agreement of interpretation of ultrasound scans between an attending and resident physician. MethodsThe study was a single-centre, descriptive study, with a sample of patients presenting to the emergency department at Akershus University hospital in Norway.