Diagnostic value of cardiopulmonary ultrasound in elderly patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 2 Comparison of lung ultrasound and CT scan in the diagnosis of lung lesions in ARDS group and Non-ARDS group

Group	Method	No. of subjects	Normal pattern	Interstitialsyndrome	Lung consolidation	Pleural line abnormalities	Pleural effusion
ARDS group	CT	33	30	30	33	–	31
	Ultrasound
	day1	30	29	32	32	17	27
	day2	33	28	32	33	16	28
	day3	35	29	32	33	17	32
non-ARDS group	CT	18	13	13	5	–	15
	Ultrasound
	day1	21	15	16	3	1	10
	day2	18	12	14	3	1	11
	day3	16	16	13	3	1	14

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