Chest radiography versus lung ultrasound for identification of acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung ultrasound may be a reasonable alternative to chest radiography for the identification of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but the diagnostic performance of lung ultrasound for ARDS is uncertain. We therefore analyzed the clinical outcomes of ARDS diagnosed according to the Berlin Definition, using either chest radiography (Berlin-CXR) or lung ultrasound (Berlin-LUS) as an alternative imaging method.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study in a 20-bed medical intensive care unit (ICU). Patients who required noninvasive ventilation or invasive ventilation for hypoxemic respiratory failure on ICU admission from August 2014 to March 2017 were included. Both chest radiography and lung ultrasound were performed routinely upon ICU admission.

SUBMITTER: See KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6098581 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature