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SUBMITTER: Zieleskiewicz L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7388119 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zieleskiewicz Laurent L Markarian Thibaut T Lopez Alexandre A Taguet Chloé C Mohammedi Neyla N Boucekine Mohamed M Baumstarck Karine K Besch Guillaume G Mathon Gautier G Duclos Gary G Bouvet Lionel L Michelet Pierre P Allaouchiche Bernard B Chaumoître Kathia K Di Bisceglie Mathieu M Leone Marc M
Intensive care medicine 20200729 9
<h4>Purpose</h4>The relationship between lung ultrasound (LUS) and chest computed tomography (CT) scans in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia is not clearly defined. The primary objective of our study was to assess the performance of LUS in determining severity of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia compared with chest CT scan. Secondary objectives were to test the association between LUS score and location of the patient, use of mechanical ventilation, and the ...[more]