Concise Versus Extended Lung Ultrasound Score to Monitor Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung ultrasound (LUS) can be used to monitor critically ill patients with COVID-19, but the optimal number of examined lung zones is disputed.

Methods

This was a prospective observational study. The objective was to investigate whether concise (6 zones) and extended (12 zones) LUS scoring protocols are clinically equivalent in critically ill ICU subjects with COVID-19. The primary outcome of this study was (statistical) agreement between concise and extended LUS score index evaluated in both supine and prone position. Agreement was determined using correlation coefficients and Bland-Altman plots to detect systematic differences between protocols. Secondary outcomes were difference between LUS score index in supine and prone position using similar methods.

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SUBMITTER: Heldeweg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10027145 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature