Can the assessment of ultrasound lung water in haemodialysis patients be simplified?
Claudia TorinoRocco TripepiChalarampos LoutradisPantelis A SarafidisGiovanni TripepiFrancesca MallamaciCarmine ZoccaliPublished in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association (2022)
The 8-sites score is tightly related to the classical Jambrik 28-sites score and this score holds an almost identical predictive power to the reference score. Even though the 28-sites score can be completed just in ∼3 min, the 8-sites score requires only ∼1.30 min, and it is, therefore, better suited for application in everyday clinical practice in HD units.