Skip to main content
. 2018 Aug 18;22:203. doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-2105-y

Table 3.

Imaging findings of patients who met Berlin-LUS but not Berlin-CXR definition

Imaging findings Berlin-LUS, but not Berlin-CXR definition met (n = 79)
LUS multiple B lines (> 2 B lines per region) not detected by CXRa
 Anterior-superior (%)b 13 (16.5)
 Anterior-inferior (%)b 15 (19.0)
 Lateral-superior (%)b 18 (22.8)
 Lateral-inferior (%)b 29 (36.7)
 Posterior-superior (%)b 26 (32.9)
 Posterior-inferior (%)b 29 (36.7)
LUS consolidation not detected by CXRa
 Anterior-superior (%)b 22 (27.8)
 Anterior-inferior (%)b 27 (34.2)
 Lateral-superior (%)b 30 (38.0)
 Lateral-inferior (%)b 28 (35.4)
 Posterior-superior (%)b 24 (30.4)
 Posterior-inferior (%)b 35 (44.3)

aRight side on chest radiography (CXR) was compared with any of the right-sided regions on lung ultrasound (LUS). Left side on CXR was compared with any of the left-sided regions on LUS; for example, if a right-sided opacity on CXR could be detected by the presence of either multiple B lines (> 2 B lines per region) or consolidation in any one of the right sided regions, it was deemed to be detected by both CXR and LUS, and if consolidation was detected in the left posterior-inferior region on LUS and if there was also a left-sided opacity on CXR, it was deemed to be detected by both CXR and LUS

bRight and left sides combined; if either the corresponding right-sided region or left-sided region was detected on LUS but not CXR, it was deemed that the regions were detected by LUS but not detected by CXR