Lung Ultrasound Combined With Procalcitonin for a Diagnosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Lung ultrasound is a valuable imaging tool in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia. However, its diagnostic accuracy in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has not been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the combination of a lung ultras...

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Veröffentlicht in:Respiratory care Jg. 64; H. 5; S. 519
Hauptverfasser: Zhou, Juandi, Song, Jia, Gong, Shijin, Hu, Weihang, Wang, Minjia, Xiao, Aibing, Zhang, Cong, Dong, Zhouzhou
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States 01.05.2019
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Area Under Curve
False Negative Reactions
False Positive Reactions
Female
Humans
Lung - diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - blood
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - diagnostic imaging
Predictive Value of Tests
Procalcitonin - blood
Prospective Studies
ROC Curve
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
ventilator-associated
diagnosis
procalcitonin
pneumonia
lung ultrasound
ISSN:1943-3654, 1943-3654
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Zusammenfassung:Lung ultrasound is a valuable imaging tool in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia. However, its diagnostic accuracy in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has not been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the combination of a lung ultrasound with procalcitonin (PCT) in mechanically ventilated subjects with symptoms suggestive of pneumonia. A prospective study of 124 subjects with suspected VAP in 2 multidisciplinary ICUs was conducted between December 2016 and October 2017. Lower respiratory tract specimens were collected from all the subjects at enrollment and on the following 3 d. PCT assays were performed within 1 h of enrollment. Lung ultrasound and then computed tomography of the chest were performed within 24 h to detect lung consolidations. The subjects were divided into VAP and non-VAP groups according to the results of a computed tomography of the chest and semi-quantitative culture of the lower respiratory tract sample. A total of 124 subjects were included (48 in the VAP group and 76 in the non-VAP group). A positive lung ultrasound result combined with PCT of ≥0.25 ng/mL diagnosed VAP, with a sensitivity and specificity of 81.3 and 85.5%, respectively. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was significantly higher for lung ultrasound combined with PCT than for a white blood cell count, PCT, C-reactive protein, or Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score alone. A combination of lung ultrasound and PCT was accurate in the diagnosis of VAP. Lung ultrasound is a useful lung-imaging tool to assist VAP diagnosis.
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ISSN:1943-3654
1943-3654
DOI:10.4187/respcare.06377