Advance in Muscle Ultrasound Assessment for Intensive Care Unit Patients (review)
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2020.04.012
- VernacularTitle:床旁超声量化评估重症患者肌肉的研究进展
- Author:
Ruo-yi LI
1
;
Jian-hua SUN
2
;
Huai-wu HE
2
;
Qi LI
2
;
Hua-ping LIU
1
Author Information
1. School of Nursing, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100144, China
2. ICU of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
muscle ultrasound;
intensive care unit-acquired weakness;
review
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2020;26(4):454-457
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Limitation of consciousness level in intensive care unit (ICU) patients poses a great challenge to muscle strength assessment. Muscle ultrasound does not require patient cooperation, and can objectively measure significant changes in muscle cross-sectional area, thickness, echo intensity, and pennation angle to identify muscle atrophy early in the ICU. At the same time, muscle ultrasound technology is easy to be grasped by ICU doctors and nurses, and both show great reliability, which has certain significance for identifying patients at high risk of ICU-acquired weakness. In addition, ultrasound quantitative assessment of muscle has great value for predicting patient outcomes. Large-scale studies on the diagnostic value of ultrasound in ICU-acquired weakness are still lacking, and standardized ultrasound assessment scheme requires further discussion.
