Could chest ultrasonography replace chest radiography in outpatient chest clinic?
Objective Plain chest radiography is the commonest ordered investigation in chest outpatient clinic; however, it is time consuming and may be expensive in some settings. With the availability of chest ultrasonography (CUS) at bedside, CUS might be used instead of plain chest radiography in outpatien...
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| description | Objective Plain chest radiography is the commonest ordered investigation in chest outpatient clinic; however, it is time consuming and may be expensive in some settings. With the availability of chest ultrasonography (CUS) at bedside, CUS might be used instead of plain chest radiography in outpatient settings. Still there is controversy regarding CUS as the primary investigation in outpatient chest clinics.
Patients and methods Consecutive patients referred to the outpatient chest clinic of Assiut University between March 2018 till June 2020 who were proposed to have computed tomography (CT) chest after plain chest radiography were asked to participate in the study. The included patients had CUS with a pulmonologist who was blind to the chest radiography and chest CT results. CUS was done using a convex probe of ultrasonography in all chest anatomical planes for any finding that may help in the diagnosis. The plain chest radiography results also were recorded. Both results were compared with chest CT results as the gold standard investigation.
Result A total of 101 patients were included in the study. There were 18% female patients, with mean age of 49.4±17.9 years. The final diagnosis was lung malignancy, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive lung diseases, pulmonary embolism, pleural effusion, interstitial lung disease, and other miscellaneous causes. CUS were normal in 14 cases, with a sensitivity of 89.5% and a specificity of 80%, whereas chest radiography was normal in 20 cases, with a positive finding in 81 cases, with a sensitivity of 83.3% and a specificity of 80%, in comparison with chest CT.
Conclusion CUS may be the primary investigation in chest outpatient clinic with good accuracy and rapid patient diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45344c5b078346e79f42ae0ed829b2182022-12-22T00:24:20ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsEgyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis0422-76382090-99502022-01-0171221321910.4103/ecdt.ecdt_35_21Could chest ultrasonography replace chest radiography in outpatient chest clinic?Mostafa K AhmedHassan A BayoumiNermeen A AbdelaleemMarwan N MohamedObjective Plain chest radiography is the commonest ordered investigation in chest outpatient clinic; however, it is time consuming and may be expensive in some settings. With the availability of chest ultrasonography (CUS) at bedside, CUS might be used instead of plain chest radiography in outpatient settings. Still there is controversy regarding CUS as the primary investigation in outpatient chest clinics. Patients and methods Consecutive patients referred to the outpatient chest clinic of Assiut University between March 2018 till June 2020 who were proposed to have computed tomography (CT) chest after plain chest radiography were asked to participate in the study. The included patients had CUS with a pulmonologist who was blind to the chest radiography and chest CT results. CUS was done using a convex probe of ultrasonography in all chest anatomical planes for any finding that may help in the diagnosis. The plain chest radiography results also were recorded. Both results were compared with chest CT results as the gold standard investigation. Result A total of 101 patients were included in the study. There were 18% female patients, with mean age of 49.4±17.9 years. The final diagnosis was lung malignancy, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive lung diseases, pulmonary embolism, pleural effusion, interstitial lung disease, and other miscellaneous causes. CUS were normal in 14 cases, with a sensitivity of 89.5% and a specificity of 80%, whereas chest radiography was normal in 20 cases, with a positive finding in 81 cases, with a sensitivity of 83.3% and a specificity of 80%, in comparison with chest CT. Conclusion CUS may be the primary investigation in chest outpatient clinic with good accuracy and rapid patient diagnosis.http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2022;volume=71;issue=2;spage=213;epage=219;aulast=Ahmedchest computed tomographychest ultrasonographyoutpatient chest clinicplain chest radiography |
| spellingShingle | Mostafa K Ahmed Hassan A Bayoumi Nermeen A Abdelaleem Marwan N Mohamed Could chest ultrasonography replace chest radiography in outpatient chest clinic? Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis chest computed tomography chest ultrasonography outpatient chest clinic plain chest radiography |
| title | Could chest ultrasonography replace chest radiography in outpatient chest clinic? |
| title_full | Could chest ultrasonography replace chest radiography in outpatient chest clinic? |
| title_fullStr | Could chest ultrasonography replace chest radiography in outpatient chest clinic? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Could chest ultrasonography replace chest radiography in outpatient chest clinic? |
| title_short | Could chest ultrasonography replace chest radiography in outpatient chest clinic? |
| title_sort | could chest ultrasonography replace chest radiography in outpatient chest clinic |
| topic | chest computed tomography chest ultrasonography outpatient chest clinic plain chest radiography |
| url | http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2022;volume=71;issue=2;spage=213;epage=219;aulast=Ahmed |
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