Lung Ultrasound Artifact Findings in Pediatric Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for Acute Respiratory Failure

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PURPOSE: To describe point-of-care lung ultrasound (POC-LUS) artifact findings in children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for acute respiratory failure (ARF).

METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of a prospective observational study completed in a 21-bed PICU. Children > 37 weeks gestational age and ≤ 18 years were enrolled from December 2018 to February 2020. POC-LUS was completed and interpreted by separate physicians blinded to all clinical information. POC-LUS was evaluated for the presence of lung sliding, pleural line characteristics, ultrasound artifacts, and the ultrasound diagnosis.

RESULTS: Eighty-seven subjects were included. A-lines were the most frequent artifact, occurring in 58% of lung zones (163/281) in those with bronchiolitis, 39% of lung zones (64/164) in those with pneumonia, and 81% of lung zones (48/59) in those with status asthmaticus. Sub-pleural consolidation was second most common, occurring in 28% (80/281), 30% (50/164), and 12% (7/59) of those with bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and status asthmaticus, respectively. The pattern a priori defined as bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and status asthmaticus was demonstrated in 31% (15/48), 10% (3/29), and 40% (4/10) of subjects with bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and status asthmaticus, respectively.

CONCLUSION: We found significant heterogeneity and overlap of POC-LUS artifacts across the most common etiologies of ARF in children admitted to the PICU. We have described the POC-LUS artifact findings in pediatric ARF to support clinicians using POC-LUS and to guide future pediatric POC-LUS studies. Determining the optimal role of POC-LUS as an adjunct in the care of pediatric patients requires further study.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Journal of ultrasound - 25(2022), 4 vom: 09. Dez., Seite 929-937

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

DeSanti, Ryan L [VerfasserIn]
Cowan, Eileen A [VerfasserIn]
Kory, Pierre D [VerfasserIn]
Lasarev, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Al-Subu, Awni M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory failure
Critical care
Diagnostic imaging
Journal Article
Lung ultrasound
Observational Study
Pediatrics
Point-of-care ultrasound

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.11.2022

Date Revised 30.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s40477-022-00675-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339273739