Costamagna, Andrea
Smit, Marry R.
Pivetta, Emanuele
Persona, Paolo
Navalesi, Paolo
Pisani, Luigi
Schultz, Marcus J.
Brazzi, Luca
Fanelli, Vito
Tuinman, Pieter R.
Bos, Lieuwe D.J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Torino (Ricerca locale 2024)
Article History
Received: 24 July 2025
Accepted: 23 October 2025
First Online: 22 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was a secondary analysis of LUS videos (.mp4 or.avi formats) obtained from three patient groups. The Unito cohort was retrieved from a study conducted at the University of Turin (IRB approval: 189582). The herQLUS and Lupo cohorts come from previously published trials conducted at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers (herQLUS trial, IRB approval: (2017_312#B201859)) and at the Padua University Hospital (Lupo trial, IRB approval: 0021712; Clinicaltrial.gov identifier: NCT04648657), respectively. Informed consent was previously obtained for the original studies in accordance with national regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors (CA, SMR, PEE, PP, FV, PL, SMJ, BL, TPR and BLDJ) declare no conflicts of interest related to the present work. NP declares research grant and/or equipment from Gilead, Draeger, Mindray and Intersurgical SpA; royalties from Intersurgical SpA for Helmet Next invention; lecturing fees from Getinge, Mindray, Philips, Gilead, GSK, Shionogi, Intersurgical SpA.