Lung ultrasound score for the assessment of lung aeration in ARDS patients: comparison of two approaches

Abstract

Purpose A 4-step lung ultrasound (LUS) score has been previously used to quantify lung density. We compared 2 versions of this scoring system for distinguishing severe from moderate loss of aeration in ARDS: coalescence-based score (cLUS) vs. quantitative-based score (qLUS – >50% pleura occupied by artefacts).

Keywords

• lung ultrasound score
• lung monitoring
• quantitative lung ultrasound
• lung density
• lung aeration