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ABSTRACT: Background
Point of care lung ultrasound (POCUS) has been recently used to assess prognosis in COVID-19 patients. However, there are no data comparing POCUS and chest-X ray, a technique widely used.Patients and methods
Retrospective analysis in stable COVID-19 patients. Schalekamp radiological lung scale and LUZ-Score ultrasound scale were compared. Primary end-point was in-hospital death and/or need for Intensive Care Unit admission.Results
A total of 138 patients were included. Median Schalekamp scale was 2 (2) and median LUZ-Score scale was 21 (10). No significant correlation was observed between both techniques. Patients with a LUZ-Score ≥21points at admission had worse lung function and higher concentrations of LDH, CRP and Interleuquine-6. Schalekamp scale failed to identify patients at a higher risk at admission for the primary end-point. Addition of POCUS to a previous clinical model, improved risk prediction (AUC 0.805 [95%CI: 0.662-0.948]; P=<.001).Conclusions
Chest X-ray and POCUS showed no correlation at admission in this analysis. Only POCUS identified a group of patients with greater clinical and analytical involvement. POCUS improved, previous clinical model, while chest X-ray did not add relevant predictive information for the primary endpoint.
SUBMITTER: Rubio-Gracia J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8890970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rubio-Gracia Jorge J Ibáñez-Muñoz David D Giménez-López Ignacio I Garcés-Horna Vanesa V López-Delgado Daniel D Sierra-Monzón José Luis JL Crespo-Aznarez Silvia S Peña-Fresneda Natacha N Pérez-Calvo Juan Ignacio JI Sánchez-Marteles Marta M
Medicina clinica 20220303 11
<h4>Background</h4>Point of care lung ultrasound (POCUS) has been recently used to assess prognosis in COVID-19 patients. However, there are no data comparing POCUS and chest-X ray, a technique widely used.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Retrospective analysis in stable COVID-19 patients. Schalekamp radiological lung scale and LUZ-Score ultrasound scale were compared. Primary end-point was in-hospital death and/or need for Intensive Care Unit admission.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 138 patients were i ...[more]