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Chest ultrasound and hidden lung congestion in peritoneal dialysis patients.
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PMID:  22573237     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUND: Chest ultrasound (US) is a non-invasive well-validated technique for estimating extravascular lung water (LW) in patients with heart diseases and in end-stage renal disease. We systematically applied this technique to the whole peritoneal dialysis (PD) population of five dialysis units.METHODS: We studied the cross-sectional association between LW, echocardiographic parameters, clinical [pedal oedema, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class] and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) markers of volume status in 88 PD patients.RESULTS: Moderate to severe lung congestion was evident in 41 (46%) patients. Ejection fraction was the echocardiographic parameter with the strongest independent association with LW (r = -0.40 P = 0.002). Oedema did not associate with LW on univariate and multivariate analysis. NYHA class was slightly associated with LW (r = 0.21 P = 0.05). Among patients with severe lung congestion, only 27% had pedal oedema and the majority (57%) had no dyspnoea (NYHA Class I). Similarly, the prevalence of patients with BIA, evidence of volume excess was small (11%) and not significantly different (P = 0.79) from that observed in patients with mild or no congestion (9%).CONCLUSIONS: In PD patients, LW by chest US reveals moderate to severe lung congestion in a significant proportion of asymptomatic patients. Intervention studies are necessary to prove the usefulness of chest US for optimizing the control of fluid excess in PD patients.
Authors:
Vincenzo Panuccio; Giuseppe Enia; Rocco Tripepi; Claudia Torino; Maurizio Garozzo; Giovanni Giorgio Battaglia; Carmelita Marcantoni; Lorena Infantone; Guido Giordano; Maria Loreta De Giorgi; Mario Lupia; Vincenzo Bruzzese; Carmine Zoccali
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-5-9
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1460-2385     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-5-10     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8706402     Medline TA:  Nephrol Dial Transplant     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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1Nephrology, Dialysis, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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