key: cord-1030367-2f57a3or
authors: Bar, S.; Levivier, C.; Dupont, H.; Gosset, P.
title: Validation of the COVILUS score to diagnose COVID‐19 in an emergency room cohort
date: 2021-02-23
journal: Anaesthesia
DOI: 10.1111/anae.15450
sha: 20df616272d678b767696e7a7aff47b6e558824e
doc_id: 1030367
cord_uid: 2f57a3or

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In 2020, our team published a study on the association of lung ultrasound images with COVID-19 infection in an emergency room cohort [1] . We From our previously published data, we propose a score (COVILUS score between 1 and 6 points) taking into account the coefficient of each variable of lung ultrasound in a multivariate logistic model (Table 1) . We then conducted a prospective observational study to validate this score on an independent cohort. Participants gave informed consent.

We studied 100 patients admitted to the emergency room who underwent lung ultrasound for suspected COVID-19 infection as part of the BLUE protocol and who had a SARS-CoV-2 test. An independent, blinded clinician calculated the scores. Mean (SD) age was 67 (17) years and mean (SD) BMI was 28 (6) 

The association of lung ultrasound images with COVID-19 infection in an emergency room cohort

The BLUE-points: three standardized points used in the BLUE-protocol for ultrasound assessment of the lung in acute respiratory failure

Revue rapide sur les tests de d etection antig enique du virus SARS-CoV-2