Comparative analysis of chest radiography and lung ultrasound to predict intra-hospital prognosis of patients admitted for acute SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia (COVID-19)

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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 ≥ 21 points 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 = <0.001).

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.

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CommentIn: Med Clin (Barc). 2023 Oct 13;161(7):314-315. - PMID 37173182

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:159

Enthalten in:

Medicina clinica (English ed.) - 159(2022), 11 vom: 09. Dez., Seite 515-521

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rubio-Gracia, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Ibáñez-Muñoz, David [VerfasserIn]
Giménez-López, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Garcés-Horna, Vanesa [VerfasserIn]
López-Delgado, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Sierra-Monzón, José Luis [VerfasserIn]
Crespo-Aznarez, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Peña-Fresneda, Natacha [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Calvo, Juan Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez-Marteles, Marta [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Chest X-ray
Journal Article
Lung ultrasound

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Date Revised 31.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Med Clin (Barc). 2023 Oct 13;161(7):314-315. - PMID 37173182

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.medcle.2022.01.024

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NLM348510195