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Table 4 Sensitivity and specificity of each ultrasonographic sign in the two groups.

From: Chest sonography: a useful tool to differentiate acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema from acute respiratory distress syndrome

SONOGRAPHIC SIGNS

SENSITIVITY

SPECIFICITY

 

ALI/ARDS

APE

ALI/ARDS

APE

AIS

100%

100%

0%

0%

Pleural line abnormalities

100%

25%

45%

0%

Reduction or absence of lung sliding

100%

0%

100%

0%

"Spared areas"

100%

0%

100%

0%

Consolidations

83.3%

0%

100%

0%

Pleural effusion

66.6%

95%

5%

33.3%

"Lung pulse"

50%

0%

100%

50%