Effect of Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in Combination with Lung Ultrasound on Critically Ill Patients: A Multicenter Observational Study in China.
- Author:
Hong-Min ZHANG
1
;
Lina ZHANG
2
;
Li-Xia LIU
3
;
Ying ZHU
4
;
Wan-Hong YIN
5
;
Wei HE
6
;
Xiu-Ling SHANG
7
;
Yan-Gong CHAO
8
;
Li-Wen LV
9
;
Xiao-Ting WANG
1
;
Da-Wei LIU
1
Author Information
- Collective Name:Chinese Critical Ultrasound Study Group
- Publication Type:Observational Study
- Keywords: cardiac ultrasound; critically ill; lung ultrasound; point-of-care
- MeSH: Critical Illness; Cross-Sectional Studies; Echocardiography; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Lung/diagnostic imaging*; Retrospective Studies
- From: Chinese Medical Sciences Journal 2021;36(4):257-264
- CountryChina
- Language:English
- Abstract: Objective Focused cardiac ultrasound (FCU) and lung ultrasound (LU) are increasingly being used in critically ill patients. This study aimed to investigate the effect of FCU in combination with LU on these patients and to determine if the timing of ultrasound examination was associated with treatment change. Methods This is a multicenter cross-sectional observational study. Consecutive patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) were screened for enrollment. FCU and LU were performed within the first 24 h, and treatment change was proposed by the performer based on the ultrasound results and other clinical conditions. Results Among the 992 patients included, 502 were examined within 6 h of ICU admission (early phase group), and 490 were examined after 6 h of admission (later phase group). The early phase group and the later phase group had similar proportions of treatment change (48.8%
