Feasibility of a New Lung Ultrasound Protocol to Determine the Extent of Lung Injury in COVID-19 Pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung ultrasound (LUS) scanning is useful to diagnose and assess the severity of pulmonary lesions during COVID-19-related ARDS (CoARDS). A conventional LUS score is proposed to measure the loss of aeration during CoARDS. However, this score was validated during the pre-COVID-19 era in patients with ARDS in the ICU and does not consider the differences with CoARDS. An alternative LUS method is based on grading the percentage of extension of the typical signs of COVID-19 pneumonia on the lung surface (LUSext).

Research question

Is LUSext feasible in patients with COVID-19 at the onset of disease, and does it correlate with the volumetric measure of severity of COVID-19 pneumonia lesions at CT scan (CTvol)?

Study design and methods

This observational study enr

SUBMITTER: Volpicelli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9339094 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature