Standardization of interstitial lung disease assessment by ultrasound: results from a Delphi process and web-reliability exercise by the OMERACT ultrasound working group

• Published in: Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism Vol. 65; p. 152406
• Main Authors: Delle Sedie, Andrea, Terslev, Lene, Bruyn, George A.W., Cazenave, Tomas, Chrysidis, Stavros, Diaz, Mario, Di Carlo, Marco, Frigato, Marilena, Gargani, Luna, Gutierrez, Marwin, Hocevar, Alojzija, Iagnocco, Annamaria, Juche, Aaron, Keen, Helen, Mandl, Peter, Naredo, Esperanza, Mortada, Mohamed, Pineda, Carlos, Karalilova, Rositsa, Porta, Francesco, Ravagnani, Viviana, Scirè, Carlo, Serban, Teodora, Smith, Kate, Stoenoiu, Maria S., Tardella, Marika, Torralba, Karina, Wakefield, Richard, D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2024
• Subjects: B-lines; Consensus; Delphi Technique; Humans; Interstitial lung disease; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - diagnostic imaging; OMERACT; Pleural line; Reproducibility of Results; Systemic sclerosis; Ultrasonography - standards; Ultrasound; Pleural line; OMERACT; Interstitial lung disease; B-lines; Ultrasound; Systemic sclerosis

Over the last years ultrasound has shown to be an important tool for evaluating lung involvement, including interstitial lung disease (ILD) a potentially severe systemic involvement in many rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD). Despite the potential sensitivity of the technique the actual us...