Usefulness of lung ultrasound for early detection of hospital-acquired pneumonia in cardiac critically ill patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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Table 2 Comparison of lung ultrasound patterns between groups with and without pneumonia

Lung ultrasound patterns	Total (n = 70)	Pneumonia		P
Lung ultrasound patterns	Total (n = 70)	No (n = 26)	Yes (n = 44)	P
Consolidation (%)	66 (94)	25 (96)	42 (95)	1
Unilateral	16 (23)	10 (38)	7 (16)	0.072
Bilateral	50 (61)	15 (58)	35 (80)	0.051
Color Doppler intrapulmonary flow (%)	33 (47)	4 (15)	29 (66)	0.0000043
Air bronchogram (%)
Static	26 (37)	10 (38)	16(36)	0.7
Dynamic	21 (30)	1 (4)	20(45)	0.00024
Color Doppler intrapulmonary flow + dynamic air bronchogram (%)	32 (46)	4 (15)	28 (64)	0.000009
Juxta pleural consolidation (%)	41 (59)	12 (29)	29 (71)	0.1
Lung ultrasound aeration score	15 [11 – 20]	12 [10 – 14]	17 [12 – 20]	0.007

Quantitative variables are expressed as median [interquartile range] and qualitative variables as number and percentage (%)