Table 2.

Thoracic ultrasound findings of patients at admission and comparison regarding living status

	All patients (n = 57)	Surviving (n = 45)	Dead (n = 12)	p value
Lung ultrasound evaluation at admission
Total LUS score	20 (± 4)	20 (± 5)	23 (± 2)	0.06
Any consolidation (%)	37 (65)	29(64)	8 (67)	0.88
Focal ARDS (%)	4 (6)	4 (9)	0 (0)	0.28
Pleural irregularity (%)	30 (44)	25 (56)	5 (56)	0.76
Pleural effusion (%)	4 (7)	1 (2)	3 (25)	0.006
Cardiac ultrasound evaluation at admission
LVEF (%)	56 (± 8)	58 (± 7)	52 (± 11)	0.03
Cardiac output (l/min)	5.9 (± 1.5)	5.7 (± 1.5)	6.9 (± 1.2)	0.01
E wave (m/s)	0.8 (± 0.5)	0.8 (± 0.5)	0.8 (± 0.4)	0.70
A wave (m/s)	0.9 (± 0.3)	0.9 (± 0.3)	1 (± 0)	0.60
E/A ratio	1 (± 0.2)	1 (± 0.2)	1 (± 0)	1
E’ wave (cm/s)	7 (± 4)	7 (± 5)	7 (± 4)	0.85
E/E’ ratio	7 (± 2)	(± 3)	(± 2)	0.76
Diastolic dysfunction (%)	9 (13)	7 (21)	2 (22)	0.94
Elevated LVFP (%)	3 (4)	3 (8)	0 (0)	0.34
TAPSE (mm)	21 (± 5)	22 (± 4)	19 (± 6)	0.09
Tricuspid S’ wave (cm/s)	14 (± 4)	13 (± 4)	15 (± 5)	0.41
Right ventricle dysfunction (%)	6 (9)	5 (15)	1 (13)	0.84

ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, LUS lung ultrasound score, LVEF left ventricle ejection fraction, LVFP left ventricle filling pressure, TAPSE tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion