tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Crit Ultrasound J. 2012 Jul 10;4(1):16. [Epub ahead of print]
Prospective Application of Clinician-Performed Lung Ultrasonography during the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic: Distinguishing Viral from Bacterial Pneumonia.
Tsung JW, Kessler DO, Shah VP.
Abstract
ABSTRACT:
OBJECTIVE:
Emergency department visits quadrupled with the initial onset and surge during the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic in New York City from April to June 2009. This time period was unique in that >90% of circulating virus was surveyed to be novel 2009 H1N1 influenza A according to the New York City Department of Health. We describe our experience using lung ultrasound in a case series of patients with respiratory symptoms requiring chest x-ray during the initial onset and surge of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic.
METHODS:
We describe a case series of patients from a prospective observational cohort study of lung ultrasound enrolling patients requiring chest x-ray for suspected pneumonia that coincided with the onset and surge of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic.
RESULTS:
20 pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza patients requiring chest x-ray were enrolled during this time period. Median age was 6.7 years. Lung ultrasound via modified BLUE protocol assisted in the identification of viral pneumonia (n=15; 75%), viral pneumonia with superimposed bacterial pneumonia (n=7; 35%), isolated bacterial pneumonia only (n=1; 5%), and no findings of viral or bacterial pneumonia (n=4; 20%) in this cohort of patients. Based on 54 observations, inter-observer agreement for distinguishing viral from bacterial pneumonia using lung ultrasound was K= 0.82 (0.63-0.99).
CONCLUSIONS:
Lung ultrasound may be used to distinguish viral from bacterial pneumonia. Lung ultrasound may be useful during epidemics or pandemics of acute respiratory illnesses for rapid point-of-care triage and management of patients.
PMID:
22862998
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862998
Prospective Application of Clinician-Performed Lung Ultrasonography during the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic: Distinguishing Viral from Bacterial Pneumonia.
Tsung JW, Kessler DO, Shah VP.
Abstract
ABSTRACT:
OBJECTIVE:
Emergency department visits quadrupled with the initial onset and surge during the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic in New York City from April to June 2009. This time period was unique in that >90% of circulating virus was surveyed to be novel 2009 H1N1 influenza A according to the New York City Department of Health. We describe our experience using lung ultrasound in a case series of patients with respiratory symptoms requiring chest x-ray during the initial onset and surge of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic.
METHODS:
We describe a case series of patients from a prospective observational cohort study of lung ultrasound enrolling patients requiring chest x-ray for suspected pneumonia that coincided with the onset and surge of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic.
RESULTS:
20 pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza patients requiring chest x-ray were enrolled during this time period. Median age was 6.7 years. Lung ultrasound via modified BLUE protocol assisted in the identification of viral pneumonia (n=15; 75%), viral pneumonia with superimposed bacterial pneumonia (n=7; 35%), isolated bacterial pneumonia only (n=1; 5%), and no findings of viral or bacterial pneumonia (n=4; 20%) in this cohort of patients. Based on 54 observations, inter-observer agreement for distinguishing viral from bacterial pneumonia using lung ultrasound was K= 0.82 (0.63-0.99).
CONCLUSIONS:
Lung ultrasound may be used to distinguish viral from bacterial pneumonia. Lung ultrasound may be useful during epidemics or pandemics of acute respiratory illnesses for rapid point-of-care triage and management of patients.
PMID:
22862998
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862998