ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2021
Role of Lung Ultrasound in Predicting Clinical Severity and Fatality in COVID-19 Pneumonia.
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- Lung ultrasound score severity cut-off points in COVID-19 pneumonia. A systematic review and validating cohort.Medicina clinica · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical utility of lung ultrasound in differentiating and monitoring complicated pediatric pneumonia: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Lung ultrasound score severity cut-off points in COVID-19 pneumonia. A systematic review and validating cohort.Medicina clinica (English ed.) · 2023Article
- COVID-19 Lung Ultrasound Scores and Lessons from the Pandemic: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The role of Lung Ultrasound in the diagnosis of SARS-COV-2 disease in pregnant women.Journal of ultrasound · 2023Observational
- The role of ultrasound in predicting non-invasive ventilation outcomes: a systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- One-Year Follow-Up Lung Ultrasound of Post-COVID Syndrome-A Pilot Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Chest CT Severity Score and Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers as Predictors of the Need for Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and of COVID-19 Patients' Mortality.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Lung Ultrasound Patterns in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)-Characteristics and Prognostic Value.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Can Lung Imaging Scores and Clinical Variables Predict Severe Course and Fatal Outcome in COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients? A Single-Center Observational Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Comments on "Review of the role of diagnostic modalities and imaging findings in the COVID-19 pandemic".World journal of radiology · 2022Article
- Lung Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Leading Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- COVID-19 Pandemic: Public Health Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigation Strategies.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundLung ultrasound (LUS) is a useful imaging method for identifying COVID-19 pneumonia. The aim of this study was to explore the role of LUS in predicting the severity of the disease and fatality in patients with COVID-19.
methodsThis was a single-center, follow-up study, conducted from 1 November 2020, to 22 March 2021. The LUS protocol was based on the assessment of 14 lung zones with a total score up to 42, which was compared to the disease severity and fatality.
resultsA total of 133 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia confirmed by RT-PCR were enrolled, with a median time from hospital admission to lung ultrasound of one day. The LUS score was correlated with clinical severity at hospital admission (Spearman's rho 0.40, 95% CI 0.24 to 0.53,
conclusionsLUS at hospital admission is shown to have a high predictive power of the severity and fatality of COVID-19 pneumonia.
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