Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Shunt Detection With Bubble Studies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening respiratory injury with multiple physiological sequelae. Shunting of deoxygenated blood through intra- and extrapulmonary shunts may complicate ARDS management. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review to determine the prevalence of sonographically detected shunts, and their association with oxygenation and mortality in patients with ARDS.

Data sources

Medical literature analysis and retrieval system online, Excerpta Medica dataBASE, Cochrane Library, and database of abstracts of reviews of effects databases on March 26, 2021.

Study selection

Articles relating to respiratory failure and sonographic shunt detection.

Data extraction

Articles were independently screened and extracted in duplicate. Data pe

SUBMITTER: Odenbach J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9646622 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature