Respiratory failure & ventilation
Clinical performance of lung ultrasound in predicting time-dependent changes in lung aeration in ARDS patients
An erratum to this article was published (J Clin Monit Comput, Jun 2024 ↗)
Authors' conclusion
LUS score had a good correlation with lung CT in detecting changes of lung aeration.
Study context
- Population
- ARDS patients with at least two consecutive CT scans, at ICU admission and at least 1 week after admission
- Participants
- 11 patients
- Comparison
- Lung ultrasound score changes vs lung CT aeration changes
- Outcome
- Correlation of LUS score changes with changes in lung CT aeration (ΔCTair)
Performance
As reported in the abstract
Correlation with ΔCTair
ΔLUStot vs ΔCTair, r (p < 0.01)
- 0.74
ΔLUSV vs ΔCTair, r (p < 0.05)
- 0.66
ΔLUSI vs ΔCTair, r (p < 0.05)
- 0.69
ΔLUSD vs ΔCTair, r (p < 0.05)
- 0.63
Further findings
| Outcome | P value |
|---|---|
| ΔCTair by LUS categoryImprove vs Equal · significantly higher ΔCTair | P < 0.01 |
| ΔCTair by LUS categoryWorse vs Equal · significantly lower ΔCTair | P < 0.05 |
| ΔCTnot (not aerated regions) by LUS categoryImprove vs Equal · lower ΔCTnot | P < 0.01 |
| ΔCTnot (not aerated regions) by LUS categoryWorse vs Equal · higher ΔCTnot | P < 0.01 |
Original publication
Clinical performance of lung ultrasound in predicting time-dependent changes in lung aeration in ARDS patients. J Clin Monit Comput. Published 8 August 2022. doi:10.
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