Poor lung ultrasound score in shock patients admitted to the ICU is associated with worse outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lung ultrasound score has been regarded as a decent semiquantitative score to measure the lung aeration loss. The score has been proven to be valuable in diagnosing and monitoring lung pathology, but no studies have demonstrated its relationship to the outcome. We aimed to investigate the relationship between the lung ultrasound score and outcome in shock patients in the Intensive Care Unit.

Methods

The data were extracted from the SHOCK-ICU study, a 14-month prospective study of shock patients in the Medical Intensive Care Unit in West China Hospital. A bivariate logistic regression model was established to identify the correlation between the lung ultrasound score on admission and the 28-day mortality. For subsequent analyses, we divided patients into lung u

SUBMITTER: Yin W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6318853 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature