The massive raise of COVID-19 cases all over the world is leading to
unprecedented pressures on healthcare services. Growing evidence is
highlighting that COVID-19 is a systemic condition that requires doctors
with multiple expertise. Paediatricians are trained in these skills.
Considering the issue of staff shortage that is facing every country in
the world, and the complexity of COVID-19, paediatricians may represent
an important source of ready and skilled specialists that can quickly
translate the paediatric practice in the COVID-19 care. We report our
experience by making several parallels between the paediatric clinical
practice and clinical conditions described in patients with COVID-19
with particular reference to the use of lung ultrasound in paediatric
clinical practice and in that of adult COVID-19 units.