Using lung ultrasound to quantitatively evaluate pulmonary water content
Hai-Feng Zong MD
Department of Paediatrics, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Department of Paediatrics, The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Department of Neonatology and NICU, Beijing Chaoyang District Maternal and Child Healthecare Hospital, Beijing, China
Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Affiliated Shenzhen Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, China
Search for more papers by this authorGuo Guo MD
Department of Neonatology and NICU, Beijing Chaoyang District Maternal and Child Healthecare Hospital, Beijing, China
Department of Paediatrics, Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
Department of Neonatology, The Fifth Medical Center of The PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Jing Liu MD, PhD
Department of Paediatrics, The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Department of Neonatology and NICU, Beijing Chaoyang District Maternal and Child Healthecare Hospital, Beijing, China
Correspondence Jing Liu, Department of Paediatrics, The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1023-1063, Shatai south road, Baiyun district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China; Department of Neonatology and NICU, Beijing Chaoyang District Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital, No. 25 Huaweili, Chaoyang District, 100101 Beijing, China.
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Chuan-Zhong Yang, Department of Paediatrics, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1023-1063, Shatai south road, Baiyun district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China; Department of Neonatology, Affiliated Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, No. 2004 Hongli Rd, 518028 Shenzhen, China.
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Search for more papers by this authorLin-Lin Bao MD, PhD
Department of Dermatology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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Chuan-Zhong Yang MD, PhD
Department of Paediatrics, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Affiliated Shenzhen Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, China
Correspondence Jing Liu, Department of Paediatrics, The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1023-1063, Shatai south road, Baiyun district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China; Department of Neonatology and NICU, Beijing Chaoyang District Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital, No. 25 Huaweili, Chaoyang District, 100101 Beijing, China.
Email: [email protected]
Chuan-Zhong Yang, Department of Paediatrics, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1023-1063, Shatai south road, Baiyun district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China; Department of Neonatology, Affiliated Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, No. 2004 Hongli Rd, 518028 Shenzhen, China.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorHai-Feng Zong MD
Department of Paediatrics, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Department of Paediatrics, The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Department of Neonatology and NICU, Beijing Chaoyang District Maternal and Child Healthecare Hospital, Beijing, China
Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Affiliated Shenzhen Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, China
Search for more papers by this authorGuo Guo MD
Department of Neonatology and NICU, Beijing Chaoyang District Maternal and Child Healthecare Hospital, Beijing, China
Department of Paediatrics, Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
Department of Neonatology, The Fifth Medical Center of The PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Jing Liu MD, PhD
Department of Paediatrics, The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Department of Neonatology and NICU, Beijing Chaoyang District Maternal and Child Healthecare Hospital, Beijing, China
Correspondence Jing Liu, Department of Paediatrics, The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1023-1063, Shatai south road, Baiyun district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China; Department of Neonatology and NICU, Beijing Chaoyang District Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital, No. 25 Huaweili, Chaoyang District, 100101 Beijing, China.
Email: [email protected]
Chuan-Zhong Yang, Department of Paediatrics, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1023-1063, Shatai south road, Baiyun district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China; Department of Neonatology, Affiliated Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, No. 2004 Hongli Rd, 518028 Shenzhen, China.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorLin-Lin Bao MD, PhD
Department of Dermatology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Chuan-Zhong Yang MD, PhD
Department of Paediatrics, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Affiliated Shenzhen Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, China
Correspondence Jing Liu, Department of Paediatrics, The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1023-1063, Shatai south road, Baiyun district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China; Department of Neonatology and NICU, Beijing Chaoyang District Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital, No. 25 Huaweili, Chaoyang District, 100101 Beijing, China.
Email: [email protected]
Chuan-Zhong Yang, Department of Paediatrics, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, No. 1023-1063, Shatai south road, Baiyun district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China; Department of Neonatology, Affiliated Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Southern Medical University, No. 2004 Hongli Rd, 518028 Shenzhen, China.
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Background
Increases in extravascular lung water (EVLW) can lead to respiratory failure. This study aimed to investigate whether the B-line score (BLS) was correlated with the EVLW content determined by the lung wet/dry ratio in a rabbit model.
Methods
A total of 45 New Zealand rabbits were randomly assigned to nine groups. Among the animals, models of various lung water content levels were induced by the infusion of different volumes of warm sterile normal saline (NS) via the endotracheal tube. The arterial blood gas, spontaneous respiratory rate, and PaO2/FiO2 ratio were detected before and after infusion. In addition, the B-lines were determined before and immediately after infusion in each group. Finally, both lungs were resected to determine the wet/dry ratio. In addition, all lung specimens were analyzed histologically, and EVLW was quantified using the BLS based on the number and confluence of B-lines in the intercostal space.
Results
The BLS increased with increasing infusion volume. The BLS was statistically correlated with the wet/dry ratio (r2= .946) and with the PaO2/FiO2 ratio (r2= .916). Furthermore, a repeatability study was performed for the lung ultrasound (LUS) technology (Bland-Altman plots), and the results suggest that LUS had favorable intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility.
Conclusions
This study is the first to suggest that the BLS can serve as a sensitive, quantitative, noninvasive, and real-time indicator of EVLW in a rabbit model of lung water accumulation. Notably, the BLS displayed an obvious correlation with the experimental gravimetry results and could also be used to predict the pulmonary oxygenation status.
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.
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