TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic chest ultrasound for acute respiratory failure
AU - Wallbridge, Peter
AU - Steinfort, Daniel
AU - Tay, Tunn Ren
AU - Irving, Louis
AU - Hew, Mark
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a common life-threatening medical condition, with multiple underlying aetiologies. Diagnostic chest ultrasound provides accurate diagnosis of conditions that commonly cause ARF, and may improve overall diagnostic accuracy in critical care settings as compared to standard diagnostic approaches. Respiratory physicians are becoming increasingly familiar with ultrasound as a part of routine clinical practice, although the majority of data to date has focused on the emergency and intensive care settings. This review will examine the evidence for the use of diagnostic chest ultrasound, focusing on different levels of imaging efficacy; specifically ultrasound test attributes, impacts on clinician behaviour and impact on health outcomes. The evidence behind use of multi-modality ultrasound examinations in ARF will be reviewed. It is hoped that readers will become familiar with the advantages and potential issues with chest ultrasound, as well as evidence gaps in the field.
AB - Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a common life-threatening medical condition, with multiple underlying aetiologies. Diagnostic chest ultrasound provides accurate diagnosis of conditions that commonly cause ARF, and may improve overall diagnostic accuracy in critical care settings as compared to standard diagnostic approaches. Respiratory physicians are becoming increasingly familiar with ultrasound as a part of routine clinical practice, although the majority of data to date has focused on the emergency and intensive care settings. This review will examine the evidence for the use of diagnostic chest ultrasound, focusing on different levels of imaging efficacy; specifically ultrasound test attributes, impacts on clinician behaviour and impact on health outcomes. The evidence behind use of multi-modality ultrasound examinations in ARF will be reviewed. It is hoped that readers will become familiar with the advantages and potential issues with chest ultrasound, as well as evidence gaps in the field.
KW - Acute respiratory failure
KW - Diagnostic accuracy
KW - Imaging efficacy
KW - Ultrasound
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048956477&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rmed.2018.06.018
DO - 10.1016/j.rmed.2018.06.018
M3 - Review Article
C2 - 30053969
AN - SCOPUS:85048956477
VL - 141
SP - 26
EP - 36
JO - Respiratory Medicine
JF - Respiratory Medicine
SN - 0954-6111
ER -