Diagnostic Performance of 6-Point Lung Ultrasound in ICU Patients: A Comparison with Chest X-Ray and CT Thorax.
Mohammad DanishAarti AgarwalPuneet GoyalDevendra GuptaHira LalRaghunandan PrasadSanjay DhiraajAnil AgarwalPrabhakar MishraPublished in: Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation (2019)
6-Point LUS can be a useful diagnostic tool and is better than CXR in diagnosing respiratory pathologies in critically ill patients. Owing to the comparable diagnostic performance of LUS and CT scan and with increasing evidence in favour of LUS, the requirement of CT thorax can be reduced. Radiation hazards associated with CXR and CT, as well as potentially risky transfer of patients to CT room, can also be minimised.
Keyphrases
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- image quality
- end stage renal disease
- contrast enhanced
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- intensive care unit
- high resolution
- patient reported outcomes
- mass spectrometry
- patient reported
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- respiratory tract
- ultrasound guided