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Table 1 (abstract P369). Global diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound

From: 39th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

CT Scan Pattern

Sensitivity % [95% CI]

Specificity % [95% CI]

PPV % [95% CI]

NPV % [95% CI]

Normally areated

88.6 [75.4 – 96.2]

97.9 [95.8 – 99.2]

84.8 [71.1 – 93.7]

98.5 [96.6 – 99.5]

Alveolar-Interstitial

83.2 [74.6 – 90.9]

90.3 [87.9 – 93.0]

65.7 [54.8 – 77.1]

97.4 [95.0 – 98.9]

Consolidated

82.7 [78.4 – 86.8]

90.2 [88.9 – 93.2]

90.4 [86.0 – 95.2]

86.9 [81.7 – 91.0]

Pleural Effusion

92.3 [85.4 – 96.6]

98.6 [96.4 – 99.6]

96.0 [90.1 – 98.9]

97.2 [94.5 – 98.8]