For each of the 78 patients, the CT scan was evaluated for the following characteristics: (1) distribution: presence of peripheral or peribronchovascular; (2) density: presence of ground-glass opacities, mixed ground-glass opacities, or consolidation; (3) internal structures: presence of air bronchogram, interlobular septal thickening, cavitation; (4) number of lobes affected by ground-glass or consolidative opacities; (5) presence of fibrotic lesions; (6) presence of centrilobular nodules; (7) presence of a pleural effusion; (8) presence of thoracic lymphadenopathy (defined as lymph node size of ≥ 10 mm in short-axis dimension); and (9) presence of underlying lung disease such as tuberculosis, emphysema, or interstitial lung disease were noted. Ground-glass opacification was defined as hazy increased lung attenuation with preservation of bronchial and vascular margins and consolidation was defined as opacification with obscuration of margins of vessels and airway walls [14 (link)].
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For each of the 78 patients, the CT scan was evaluated for the following characteristics: (1) distribution: presence of peripheral or peribronchovascular; (2) density: presence of ground-glass opacities, mixed ground-glass opacities, or consolidation; (3) internal structures: presence of air bronchogram, interlobular septal thickening, cavitation; (4) number of lobes affected by ground-glass or consolidative opacities; (5) presence of fibrotic lesions; (6) presence of centrilobular nodules; (7) presence of a pleural effusion; (8) presence of thoracic lymphadenopathy (defined as lymph node size of ≥ 10 mm in short-axis dimension); and (9) presence of underlying lung disease such as tuberculosis, emphysema, or interstitial lung disease were noted. Ground-glass opacification was defined as hazy increased lung attenuation with preservation of bronchial and vascular margins and consolidation was defined as opacification with obscuration of margins of vessels and airway walls [14 (link)].
The CT scans were scored on the axial images referring to the method described previously [9 (link)]. The extent of involvement of each abnormality was assessed independently for each of 3 zones: upper (above the carina), middle (below the carina and above the inferior pulmonary vein), and lower (below the inferior pulmonary vein). The location of the lesion was defined as peripheral if it was in the outer one-third of the lung, or as central otherwise. The CT findings were graded on a 3-point scale: 1 as normal attenuation, 2 as ground-glass attenuation, and 3 as consolidation. Each lung zone, with a total of six lung zones in each patient, was assigned a following scale according to distribution of the affected lung parenchyma: 0 as normal, 1 as < 25% abnormality, 2 as 25–50% abnormality, 3 as 50–75% abnormality, and 4 as > 75% abnormality. The four-point scale of the lung parenchyma distribution was then multiplied by the radiologic scale described above. Points from all zones were added for a final total cumulative score, with value ranging from 0 to72 (
Three chest radiologists (F.Song, N.S., and Y.S., with approximately 6–32 years of experience in thoracic imaging, especially in the setting of viral pneumonias such as H1N1 and H7N9 pneumonia) reviewed the images independently, with a final finding reached by consensus when there was a discrepancy.
CT images were assessed for the presence and distribution of parenchymal abnormalities including pure ground-glass opacity (GGO), which were defined as a hazy increase in lung attenuation with no obscuration of the underlying vessels; GGO with interlobular septal thickening or reticulation, or intralobular networks in GGO; GGO with consolidation, which was defined as an area of opacification obscuring the underlying vessels in GGO; consolidation; air bronchogram(s); reticulation; lymphadenopathy, which was defined as a lymph node greater than 1 cm in short-axis diameter; and pleural effusion. On the axial CT images, we drew a horizontal line across the axillary midline to divide anterior and posterior parts of the lungs. The outer one-third of the lung was defined as peripheral, and the rest was defined as central.
Chest CT lesions in each patient were identified by the readers. A lesion occupying only one lung segment was counted as one lesion. When a large lesion or fused lesion involved more than one lung segment, the lesion number was recorded as the number of the involved lung segments. For example, a large lesion involving three lung segments was counted as three lesions. Each side of the chest containing pleural fluid was counted as one lesion. A pericardial effusion was counted as one lesion.
Eight-zone lung ultrasound examination protocol and lung ultrasound pattern.
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Analysis:
A1: Predominant ground-glass opacity with a rounded morphology.
A2: Ground-glass opacities with superimposed interlobular septal thickening and intralobular septal thickening (crazy-paving pattern).
A3: Ground-glass opacity and pulmonary consolidation.
A4: Pulmonary consolidation with air bronchograms.
A5: Reversed halo sign or cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP).
D1: Bilateral and multifocal.
D2: Peripheral distribution.
D3: Prevalent in lower lobes and dorsal region.
D4: Peribronchovascular opacities and peripheral distribution.
D5: Diffuse opacities.
Thus on the basis of CCUS plus ABG based algorithm we created five pathophysiological categories (
Similarly on the basis of X-ray based algorithm patients were classified into one of the five categories (
A-lines that have horizontal lines arising at regular intervals from the pleural line (
B-lines are long, vertical, well-defined, hyperechoic, dynamic lines originating from the pleural line (
A- Pattern with normal lung sliding. The A-pattern is characterized by the presence of A-lines and less than 3 isolated B-lines (
B1-pattern. The B1-pattern consists of three or more non-confluent B-lines per scan (
Double lung point. The double lung point represents a sharp sonographic demarcation between the upper and lower lung fields, with less compact B-lines in the former than in the latter, suggesting a gravity-dependent pattern (
B2-pattern. The B2-pattern consists in the confluence of B-lines that occupy the entire intercostal space between two ribs, suggesting a further increase in the interstitial fluid with a gravity-dependent pattern. Pleural line is normal (
White lung with irregular pleural line. The white lung is characterized by compact B-lines that cause the acoustic shadow of the ribs to disappear within the entire scanning zone, anteriorly and posteriorly without spared areas, with thickened and irregular pleural line (
Irregular atelectasis. This pattern is characterized by the presence of lung consolidations with irregular margins, along with a few spared areas [25 (link),26 (link)]. The presence of atelectasis is characterized on LUS by tissue-like images with anechogenic borders with or without air bronchogram [27 (link)]. The presence of the atelectasis is irregularly distributed in the lung, may be more evident on one side, and does not follow a gravity-dependent pattern (
Based on the diagnostic score, there were 4 possible LUS diagnoses: (i) Normal lung (score 0–1), (ii) wet lung, suggesting an altered clearance of fetal lung fluid at birth (score 2–3), (iii) RDS, suggesting a surfactant deficiency (score 4), and (iv) atelectasis, suggesting the aspiration of stained amniotic fluid (score 5) (