Association of Gastric Antrum Echodensity and Acute Gastrointestinal Injury in Critically Ill Patients.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Acute muscle inflammation leads to increased sonographic echodensity. We developed a technique to characterize the echodensity of the gastric antrum wall and assess its feasibility in evaluating the severity of acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI); (2) Methods: The B-mode images of the gastric antrum of each enrolled patient were obtained daily by point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). The 50th percentile, 85th percentile, and mean value of the grayscale distribution according to histogram analysis (ED50, ED85, and EDmean, respectively) were used to characterize the gastric antrum echodensity. Consistency and correlation analyses were performed to evaluate the feasibility and reproducibility of gastric antrum echodensity measurement. The association of gastric antrum echodensity

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8838069 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature