Usefulness of Lung Ultrasound as a Method for Early Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Pedro Santos-MorenoMaria Fernanda Linares-ContrerasGabriel-Santiago Rodríguez-VargasPedro A RodríguezAbdón Mata-HurtadoLinda IbatáSusan MartínezAdriana Rojas-VillarragaMario DiazEsther F Vicente-RabanedaMaritza QuinteroIngrid MöllerPublished in: Open access rheumatology : research and reviews (2024)
The findings of this study suggest that LUS is a valuable tool for the early diagnosis of ILD in patients with RA, and together with DLCO, can adequately predict the presence of ILD in this population. LUS also helps to determine which patients with respiratory symptoms and signs suggestive for ILD are undergo to HRCT.