TY - JOUR T1 - Additive Value of Lung Ultrasound to Clinical Parameters for Prognosticating COVID-19 JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00564-2022 SP - 00564-2022 AU - Trishul Siddharthan AU - Paul W. Blair AU - Erjia Cui AU - Jackson Pearce AU - Phabiola Herrera AU - Gigi Liu AU - Joshua East AU - Ciprian Crainiceanu AU - Danielle V. Clark AU - Clinical Characterization Protocol for Severe Infectious Diseases (CCPSEI) Research Team AU - Katherine Fenstermacher AU - Sophie Shea AU - Varun Mahadevan AU - Stephanie Seo AU - Josh Lawrence AU - Tiffany Fong AU - Lauren Sauer AU - Bhakti Hansoti AU - Richard Rothman Y1 - 2023/01/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/early/2023/02/23/23120541.00564-2022.abstract N2 - Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an inexpensive, point-of-care assessment used for identifying and risk stratifying respiratory conditions [1]. Traditional findings such as a-lines signify a normal pleural interface, whereas B-lines signify fluid at the interstitial space resulting in characteristic artifact [1]. A large number of studies have demonstrated that LUS findings are more sensitive than chest X-ray and are associated with respiratory disease progression, including the presence of B-lines and consolidations [2, 3]. However there have been limited studies related to LUS combined with clinical factors to predict outcomes in COVID-19 [4, 5]. Using unsupervised learning techniques, we evaluated the additive prognostic value of POCUS parameters to predict disease progression among hospitalized adults with COVID-19 beyond traditional clinical assessment.FootnotesThis manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the ERJ Open Research. It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJOR online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article.Conflicts of interest: The authors have no conflict of interest to declare ER -