{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Fu X"],"funding":["Project of Sichuan Science and Technology","1.3.5 project for disciplines of excellence, West China Hospital, Sichuan University","Project of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia in West China Hospital","Chengdu Science and Technology Bureau","National Natural Science Foundation of China","Sichuan Health Commission Research Project","National Key Research and Development Program of China"],"pagination":["400"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9636692"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["22(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Associated with increased morbidity and mortality, postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) often occur after major abdominal surgery. Diaphragmatic dysfunction is suggested to play an important role in the development of PPCs and diaphragm echodensity can be used as an indicator of diaphragm function. This study aimed to determine whether diaphragm echodensity could predict the occurrence of PPCs in patients after major abdominal surgery.<h4>Methods</h4>Diaphragm ultrasound images of patients after major abdominal surgery were collected during spontaneous breathing trials. Echodensity was quantified based on the right-skewed distribution of grayscale values (50th percentile, ED50; 85th percentile, ED85; mean, EDmean). Intra- and inter-analyzer measurement reproducib"],"journal":["BMC pulmonary medicine"],"pubmed_title":["Increased diaphragm echodensity correlates with postoperative pulmonary complications in patients after major abdominal surgery: a prospective observational study."],"pmcid":["PMC9636692"],"funding_grant_id":["2019YFS0234","2021-YF05-00071-SN","ZYGD18020","2020AAA0105005","81901998","19PJ237","HX2019nCoV027"],"pubmed_authors":["Jin X","Lv G","Wang B","Zhang Z","Fu X","Wu Q","Zhou Y","Wang Z","Kang Y","Cheng Y","Wang L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Increased diaphragm echodensity correlates with postoperative pulmonary complications in patients after major abdominal surgery: a prospective observational study.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Associated with increased morbidity and mortality, postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) often occur after major abdominal surgery. Diaphragmatic dysfunction is suggested to play an important role in the development of PPCs and diaphragm echodensity can be used as an indicator of diaphragm function. This study aimed to determine whether diaphragm echodensity could predict the occurrence of PPCs in patients after major abdominal surgery.<h4>Methods</h4>Diaphragm ultrasound images of patients after major abdominal surgery were collected during spontaneous breathing trials. Echodensity was quantified based on the right-skewed distribution of grayscale values (50th percentile, ED50; 85th percentile, ED85; mean, EDmean). Intra- and inter-analyzer measurement reproducib","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-19T01:58:40.115Z","creation":"2025-02-19T00:31:51.606Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9636692","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36333695"],"doi":["10.1186/s12890-022-02194-6"]}}