Lung Ultrasound Improves Outcome Prediction over Clinical Judgment in COVID-19 Patients Evaluated in the Emergency Department

Lung Ultrasound Improves Outcome Prediction over Clinical Judgment in COVID-19 Patients Evaluated in the Emergency Department

In the Emergency Department (ED), the decision to hospitalize or discharge COVID-19 patients is challenging. We assessed the utility of lung ultrasound (LUS), alone or in association with a clinical rule/score. This was a multicenter observational prospective study involving six EDs (NCT046291831)....

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Main Authors: Paolo Bima, Emanuele Pivetta, Denise Baricocchi, Jacopo Davide Giamello, Francesca Risi, Matteo Vesan, Michela Chiarlo, Giuliano De Stefano, Enrico Ferreri, Giuseppe Lauria, Stefano Podio, Peiman Nazerian, Franco Aprà, Enrico Lupia, Fulvio Morello, On behalf of the CODED Study Investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
COVID-19
prognosis
score
mortality
disposition
lung ultrasound
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/11/3032

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