Lung Ultrasound in the Follow-up of Stable Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Authors : Oya BAYDAR TOPRAK, Ezgi ÖZYILMAZ, İsmail HANTA, Sedat KULECİ, Efraim GÜZEL

Pages : 1190-1193

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Publication Date : 2022-10-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is the most common and severe form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and is responsible for 20% of interstitial lung disease insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ILD); cases. In this study, it was planned to evaluate the relationship of these two methods in detecting lung changes in IPF using a 12-zone lung ultrasound protocol with the current standard evaluation method, high-resolution computed tomography. Method: 22 patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by multidisciplinary evaluation were included in the study and HRCT and pulmonary functional tests and LUS protocol of 12 lung regions were used. Results: The mean age ± SD of the patients was 69.0 ± 7.59 years. 21 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(95.5%); were male. While 17 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(77.3%); of the patients included in the study were diagnosed with radiological evidence, the diagnosis of the rest was confirmed histopathologically. While 5 of the patients insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(22.7%); did not receive any special treatment, 13 of the remaining patients were taking pirfenidone and 4 were taking nintedanib. When the HRCT total fibrotic score was evaluated with the total LUS score, a correlation coefficient of 0.702 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P:0.000); was obtained. Conclusion: In stable idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung ultrasonography can be a readily accessible, non-irradiating, short-term, and rapidly informative monitoring technique that can be utilized at the bedside or during consultation instead of high reolution thorax computerized tomography.
Keywords : idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung ultrasound, thorax tomography, pulmonary funcyion tests, gap

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