Point-of-care lung ultrasound for the detection of pulmonary manifestations of malaria and sepsis: An observational study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 12; p. e0204832
• Main Authors: Leopold, Stije J, Ghose, Aniruddha, Plewes, Katherine A, Mazumder, Subash, Pisani, Luigi, Kingston, Hugh W F, Paul, Sujat, Barua, Anupam, Sattar, M Abdus, Huson, Michaëla A M, Walden, Andrew P, Henwood, Patricia C, Riviello, Elisabeth D, Schultz, Marcus J, Day, Nicholas P J, Kumar Dutta, Asok, White, Nicholas J, Dondorp, Arjen M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.12.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abnormalities; Adult; Aeration; Bangladesh; Biology and Life Sciences; Confidence intervals; Critical care; Edema; Ethics; Female; Health risks; Hospitals; Humans; Intensive care; Internal medicine; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Lungs; Malaria; Malaria - diagnostic imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Observational studies; Patients; Physical Sciences; Point-of-Care Systems; Prospective Studies; Research and Analysis Methods; Respiratory distress syndrome; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - diagnostic imaging; Sepsis; Sepsis - diagnostic imaging; Severity of Illness Index; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound; Vector-borne diseases; Bangladesh; Netherlands; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Massachusetts; Thailand; Bangkok Thailand

Patients with severe malaria or sepsis are at risk of developing life-threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The objective of this study was to evaluate point-of-care lung ultrasound as a novel tool to determine the prevalence and early signs of ARDS in a resource-limited setting am...