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Table 3 Comparison among different lung aeration scores

From: Lung ultrasound: a promising tool to monitor ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients

 

Lung aeration score

Lung aeration change score (re-aeration/loss of aeration)

Application object

Lung aeration evaluation to predict post extubation distress [60]

Lung aeration evaluation to patients with ARDS [55]

PEEP-induced lung aeration changes in patients with ARDS [61]

Antibiotic-induced lung aeration changes in patients with VAP [28]

Value

N

B1

B2

C

0 point

1 point

2 points

3 points

N ↔ B1; B1 ↔ B2; B2 ↔ C

N ↔ B2; B2 ↔ C

B2 ↔ C

1 point

3 points

5 points

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