Lung Ultrasound to Monitor Disease Severity and Aid Prognostication in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Retrospective Analysis of Serial Lung Ultrasound Assessments.

ABSTRACT: Background: The aim of this retrospective analysis was to assess if serial lung ultrasound assessments in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, including a novel simplified scoring system, correlate with PaO₂:FiO₂ ratio, as a marker of disease severity, and patient outcomes. Methods: Patients treated for COVID-19 pneumonia in a tertiary intensive care unit who had a lung ultrasound assessment were included. Standardised assessments of anterior and lateral lung regions were prospectively recorded. A validated lung ultrasound score-of-aeration and a simplified scoring system based on the number of disease-free lung regions were correlated with: PaO₂:FiO₂ ratio, successful weaning from mechanical ventilation, and status (alive or dead) at

SUBMITTER: Gibbins ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9979905 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature