The COVID-19 Worsening Score (COWS)-a predictive bedside tool for critical illness.

Objectives: To evaluate the accuracy of a new COVID-19 prognostic score based on lung ultrasound (LUS) and previously validated variables in predicting critical illness.

Methods: We conducted a single-center retrospective cohort development and internal validation study of the COVID-19 Worsening Score (COWS), based on a combination of the previously validated COVID-GRAM score (GRAM) variables and LUS. Adult COVID-19 patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) were enrolled.

Diagnosis of radio-occult pulmonary conditions by real-time chest ultrasonography in patients with pleuritic pain.

The evaluation of pleuritic pain in the emergency department (ED) presents a considerable challenge for the attending physician. Chest radiography (CXR) is a basic test, but its sensitivity is low, and often more sophisticated imaging techniques are needed. Our aim is to assess the diagnostic value of bedside B-mode lung ultrasound (LUS) in the visualization of radio-occult pulmonary lesions.

Reactive thrombocytosis might contribute to chemotherapy-related thrombophilia in patients with lung cancer.

Purpose: Thrombotic risk is increased in patients with cancer and further potentiated by chemotherapy. We assessed whether early hemostatic alterations could represent a risk factor for thrombosis in patients undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer.

Patients And Methods: Forty-nine patients receiving chemotherapy for unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic lung cancer were included.