Lung Ultrasound Reproducibly Outperforms Computed Tomography in the Detection of Extravascular Lung Water in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis.
John P CorcoranMark HewBen AttwoodMurali ShyamsundarSheera SutherlandKristine VenturaRachel BenamoreVictoria St NobleHania E PiotrowskaChristopher W PughChristian B LaursenFergus V GleesonNajib M RahmanPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
This is the first study to demonstrate that LUS detects changes in extravascular lung water caused by changing fluid status during haemodialysis using a blinded outcome assessment and that LUS appears to be more sensitive than CT for this purpose. Further research is needed to better understand the role of LUS in this and similar patient populations, with the aim of improving clinical care and outcomes.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- patients undergoing
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- healthcare
- palliative care
- image quality
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- randomized controlled trial
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- quality improvement
- study protocol
- pain management
- chronic pain
- weight loss
- sensitive detection
- real time pcr
- pet ct
- placebo controlled