The Use of a Novel Quantitative Marker of Echogenicity of Pleural Fluid in Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions
المؤلفون المشاركون
Kalkanis, Alexandros
Varsamas, Charalampos
Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I.
Malli, Foteini
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2020-10-05
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
Thoracic ultrasound is an essential tool in the daily clinical care of pleural effusions and especially parapneumonic pleural effusions (PPEs), in terms of diagnosis, management, and follow-up.
Hypoechogenicity index (HI) is a quantitative marker of pleural fluid echogenicity.
We aimed to examine associations of HI with pleural inflammation in patients with PPE.
Methods.
All patients included underwent a thoracic ultrasound with HI determination at the first day of their admission for a PPE.
Thoracentesis was performed in all patients.
Demographics, laboratory measurements, and clinical data were collected prospectively and recorded in all subjects.
Results.
Twenty-four patients with PPE were included in the study.
HI was statistically significantly correlated with intensity of inflammation as suggested by pleural fluid LDH (p<0.001, r = −0.831), pleural fluid glucose (p=0.022, r = 0.474), and pleural fluid pH (p<0.001, r = 0.811).
HI was correlated with ADA levels (p=0.005, r = −0.552).
We observed a statistically significant correlation of HI with pleural fluid total cell number (p<0.001, r = −0.657) and polymorphonuclears percentage (p=0.02, r = −0.590), as well as days to afebrile (p=0.046, r = −0.411), duration of chest tube placement (p<0.001, r = −0.806), and days of hospitalization (p=0.013, r = −0.501).
Discussion.
HI presents a fast, easily applicable, objective, and quantitative marker of pleural inflammation that reliably reflects the intensity of pleural inflammation and could potentially guide therapeutic management of PPE.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Varsamas, Charalampos& Kalkanis, Alexandros& Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I.& Malli, Foteini. 2020. The Use of a Novel Quantitative Marker of Echogenicity of Pleural Fluid in Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions. Canadian Respiratory Journal،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1152078
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Varsamas, Charalampos…[et al.]. The Use of a Novel Quantitative Marker of Echogenicity of Pleural Fluid in Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions. Canadian Respiratory Journal No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1152078
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Varsamas, Charalampos& Kalkanis, Alexandros& Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I.& Malli, Foteini. The Use of a Novel Quantitative Marker of Echogenicity of Pleural Fluid in Parapneumonic Pleural Effusions. Canadian Respiratory Journal. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1152078
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1152078
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