Point of Care Lung Ultrasound Injury Score-A simple and reliable assessment tool in COVID-19 patients (PLIS I): A retrospective study.

Lior FuchsOri GalanteYaniv AlmogRoy R DayanAlexander SmoliakovYuval UllmanDavid ShamiaRan Ben David OhayonEvgeny GolbetsKhaled El HajJonathan TaylorItai WeissbergVictor NovackLeonid BarskiEli RosenbergEyal GoharMuhammad Abo AbedIftach Sagy

Published in: PloS one (2022)

The PLIS for COVID-19 patients is simple and associated with SOFA score, ICU admission, and in-hospital mortality. Further studies are needed to demonstrate whether the PLIS can improve outcomes and become an integral part of the management of COVID-19 patients.

Keyphrases

sars cov
intensive care unit
magnetic resonance imaging
emergency department
computed tomography
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation