Recent evidence indicates the usefulness of lung ultrasound (LUS) in detecting coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pneumonia. However, no data are available on the use of LUS in children with COVID-19 pneumonia. In this report, we describe LUS features of 10 consecutively admitted children with COVID-19 in two tertiary-level pediatric hospitals in Rome. LUS revealed signs of lung involvement during COVID-19 infection. In particular, vertical artifacts (70%), pleural irregularities (60%), areas of white lung (10%) and subpleural consolidations (10%) were the main findings in patients with COVID-19. No cases of pleural effusions were found. According to our experience, the routine use of LUS in the evaluation of children with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, when performed by clinicians with documented experience in LUS, was useful in diagnosing and monitoring pediatric COVID-19 pneumonia, reducing unnecessary radiation/sedation in children and exposure of health care workers to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

最近的证据表明，肺部超声（LUS）在检测冠状病毒疾病19（COVID-19）肺炎中的有用性。但是，尚无有关COVID-19肺炎患儿使用LUS的数据。在本报告中，我们描述了罗马的两家三级儿科医院中10名连续入院的COVID-19儿童的LUS特征。LUS在COVID-19感染期间显示出肺部受累的迹象。特别是，COVID-19患者的主要发现是垂直伪影（70％），胸膜不规则（60％），白肺面积（10％）和胸膜下巩固（10％）。没有发现胸腔积液的病例。根据我们的经验，当由具有LUS经验的临床医生进行LUS评估时，常规评估LUS可疑或确诊COVID-19的儿童，