الفهرس 
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES
Lung ultrasonography in interstitial lung diseaseOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Childhood Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) are rising nowadays. Lung ultrasound is an emerging and easy to use technique in the assessment of lung diseases
OBJECTIVES: This prospective study was conducted to evaluate the value and diagnostic accuracy of Lung ultrasound by using sonographic B-lines , which are long, vertical, well-defined, hyperechoic, dynamic lines originating from the pleural line in assessment of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and compare them with the findings of chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and pulmonary function tests (PFTs).
METHODS: twenty patients established diagnosis with ILD underwent transthoracic lung ultrasound for assessment of the presence of B-lines and the distance between them. These findings were compared with that of chest HRCT (ground glass, reticular, nodular or honey combing) and PFT as forced vital capacity (FVC).
RESULTS: All patients had diffuse bilateral B-lines. The distance between each of the two adjacent B lines positively correlated with the severity of the disease on chest HRCT(r = 0.890, P < 0.001), and inversely correlated with FVC (r = −0.916, P < 0.001). Also number of B lines in a longitudinal plane between two ribs inversely correlated with the severity of the disease on chest HRCT (r = −0.877, P < 0.001), and positively correlated with FVC (r = 0.933, P < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: Lung ultrasound can be used in detection of patients suspected to have ILD and to detect the prognosis of the disease.