From: A New Scoring Model to Diagnose COVID-19 Using Lung Ultrasound in the Emergency Department
Variable | COVID-19 | P-Value | |
---|---|---|---|
Positive (n= 32) | Negative (n= 50) | ||
Age, years, mean ± SD | 58.8 ± 16.47 | 56.2 ± 14.45 | 0.45 |
Sex | 0.082 | ||
Male | 23 (71.9) | 27 (54) | |
Female | 9 (28.1) | 23 (46) | |
Smoking | 20 (62.5) | 17 (34) | 0.011 |
Diabetes | 9 (28.1) | 20 (40) | 0.272 |
Cardiac/hypertensive | 18 (56.2) | 23 (46) | 0.365 |
Fever | 28 (87) | 43 (86) | 0.845 |
Duration of fever, days, mean ± SD | 5.3 ± 1.58 | 3.7 ± 1.27 | <0.001 |
Admission time, days, mean ± SD | 15 ± 5.82 | 13.4 ± 2.43 | <0.001 |
O2 saturation ABG, mean ± SD | 0.8 ± 0.12 | 0.9 ± 0.05 | <0.001 |
PH in ABG, mean ± SD | 7.4 ± 0.05 | 7.4 ± 0.05 | 0.949 |
Lymphocytic count (X103) , mean ± SD | 14.6 ± 8.78 | 30.4 ± 13.62 | <0.001 |
Mortality | 12 (37) | 6 (12) | 0.006 |