Feasibility of machine integrated point of care lung ultrasound automatic B-lines tool in the Corona-virus 2019 critical care unit

Due to the logistic and medical equipment limitations in quarantined zones in which COVID-19 patients are treated, the importance of POC-LUS increased [2]. VenueTM-auto-B-lines tool provides a grade between zero to ≥ five B-lines, detected only as lines reaching the bottom of the screen. Since the estimation of ≥ 3 B-lines in LUS screening of the lungs' independent zones is considered pathological [4], we also divided the B-lines score to "dry" (≤ 3 B-lines) or "wet" (≥ 4 B-lines). Platz E, Pivetta E, Merz AA, Peck J, Rivero J, Cheng S. Impact of device selection and clip duration on lung ultrasound assessment in patients with heart failure.