Trias-Sabrià P, Molina-Molina M, Aso S, et al. - Researchers undertook this observational, prospective pilot study to investigate the potential role of lung ultrasound score (LUS) in patients suffering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Participants were consecutive patients admitted to an intermediate care unit because of COVID-19 pneumonia. LUS (a 12-zone examination method for lung parenchyma evaluation) was conducted with a portable convex transducer, scores from 0 to 36 points, in 36 patients. A worse prognosis was predicted by LUS at a cutoff LUS ≥ 24 points, with 100% sensitivity, 69.2% specificity, and an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.85. Findings demonstrated that detection of COVID-19 cases that are likely to require ICU admission or to die during follow-up can be achieved with the help of LUS ≥ 24 points. Results also showed a significant correlation of LUS with clinical and laboratory markers of COVID-19 severity.