Chest U/S in Differentiating Lung Congestion & Pneumonia in Adult Critically-ill Patients and Its Prognostic Impact

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-11-01

Study Completion Date

2025-07-31

Brief Summary

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This study aim will be to assess the effectiveness of chest ultrasound as a diagnostic and differentiating modality in cases of pneumonia and lung congestion . It also evaluates chests sonography effectiveness in follow-up of patients with pneumonia and lung congestion .

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Detailed Description

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Lung ultrasound (LUS) is used at the bedside in emergency and critical care settings. It is a rapid and low-cost approach that can direct patient care without the use of harmful radiation. The success of this technique depends on its simplicity to discover the sonographic signs which indicate certain lung pathology. These signs include a hyperechoic and sliding line, moving forward and back with ventilation seen 0.5 cm below the rib line and is called the pleural line. The A-profile associates anterior lung sliding with A lines. A lines are horizontal repetition artifacts of the pleural line. The B-profile associates anterior lung sliding with B lines. B lines appear as shining vertical lines arising from the pleural line and reach the edge of the screen.

Several pathological etiologies can fill the alveolar spaces, with fluid (heart failure), pus (pneumonia which is the commonest), blood (pulmonary hemorrhage), and cells (lung cancer).

Other causes of lung consolidation may include atelectasis, pulmonary edema, infarction, and lung cancer. Chest imaging with CT is regarded as the gold standard modality allowing for the diagnosis of pneumonia in earlier stage and with higher sensitivity and specificity. On the contrary, cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE) is defined as alveolar transudation caused by elevated pulmonary capillary hydrostatic pressure secondary to increased pulmonary venous pressure with low-protein content in the interstitial tissue of lung as a result of cardiac dysfunction

Conditions

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Pneumonia Pulmonary Edema

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Patients with Pneumonia (1)

Patients presented with symptoms suggestive of pneumonia as fever, tachypnea, cough with sputum. These patients will receive IV fluids \& antibiotics with follow up of sepsis parameters

Chest ultrasound

Intervention Type DEVICE

chest ultrasound as a non invasive, low cost \& bedside device for differentiation \& follow up of lung congestion \& pneumonia

Patients with decongestive heart failure (2)

Patients presented with symptoms suggestive of acute congestive heart failure as dyspnea, orthopnea, bilateral lower limb edema. These patients will receive anti-failure treatment as diuretics, ACE inhibitors \& Beta blockers with follow up of resolving signs of decompensated heart failure

Chest ultrasound

Intervention Type DEVICE

chest ultrasound as a non invasive, low cost \& bedside device for differentiation \& follow up of lung congestion \& pneumonia

Interventions

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Chest ultrasound

chest ultrasound as a non invasive, low cost \& bedside device for differentiation \& follow up of lung congestion \& pneumonia

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult (above 18 years old)
* Both genders
* Patient with symptoms suggestive of pneumonia
* Patient with symptoms suggestive of acute congestive heart failure
* admitted to Critical care unit