TY - JOUR
T1 - ERS statement on chest imaging in acute respiratory failure
AU - Chiumello, Davide
AU - Sferrazza Papa, Giuseppe Francesco
AU - Artigas, Antonio
AU - Bouhemad, Belaid
AU - Grgic, Aleksandar
AU - Heunks, Leo
AU - Markstaller, Klaus
AU - Pellegrino, Giulia M.
AU - Pisani, Lara
AU - Rigau, David
AU - Schultz, Marcus J.
AU - Sotgiu, Giovanni
AU - Spieth, Peter
AU - Zompatori, Maurizio
AU - Navalesi, Paolo
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Chest imaging in patients with acute respiratory failure plays an important role in diagnosing, monitoring and assessing the underlying disease. The available modalities range from plain chest X-ray to computed tomography, lung ultrasound, electrical impedance tomography and positron emission tomography. Surprisingly, there are presently no clear-cut recommendations for critical care physicians regarding indications for and limitations of these different techniques.The purpose of the present European Respiratory Society (ERS) statement is to provide physicians with a comprehensive clinical review of chest imaging techniques for the assessment of patients with acute respiratory failure, based on the scientific evidence as identified by systematic searches. For each of these imaging techniques, the panel evaluated the following items: possible indications, technical aspects, qualitative and quantitative analysis of lung morphology and the potential interplay with mechanical ventilation. A systematic search of the literature was performed from inception to September 2018. A first search provided 1833 references. After evaluating the full text and discussion among the committee, 135 references were used to prepare the current statement.These chest imaging techniques allow a better assessment and understanding of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of patients with acute respiratory failure, but have different indications and can provide additional information to each other.
AB - Chest imaging in patients with acute respiratory failure plays an important role in diagnosing, monitoring and assessing the underlying disease. The available modalities range from plain chest X-ray to computed tomography, lung ultrasound, electrical impedance tomography and positron emission tomography. Surprisingly, there are presently no clear-cut recommendations for critical care physicians regarding indications for and limitations of these different techniques.The purpose of the present European Respiratory Society (ERS) statement is to provide physicians with a comprehensive clinical review of chest imaging techniques for the assessment of patients with acute respiratory failure, based on the scientific evidence as identified by systematic searches. For each of these imaging techniques, the panel evaluated the following items: possible indications, technical aspects, qualitative and quantitative analysis of lung morphology and the potential interplay with mechanical ventilation. A systematic search of the literature was performed from inception to September 2018. A first search provided 1833 references. After evaluating the full text and discussion among the committee, 135 references were used to prepare the current statement.These chest imaging techniques allow a better assessment and understanding of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of patients with acute respiratory failure, but have different indications and can provide additional information to each other.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31248958
U2 - 10.1183/13993003.00435-2019
DO - 10.1183/13993003.00435-2019
M3 - Article
C2 - 31248958
SN - 0903-1936
VL - 54
JO - European Respiratory Journal
JF - European Respiratory Journal
IS - 3
ER -