Imaging of Diffuse Lung Disease in the Intensive Care Unit Patient

Konstantinos Stefanidis; Joanna Moser; Ioannis Vlahos

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2019.08.005

Imaging of Diffuse Lung Disease in the Intensive Care Unit Patient

Radiol Clin North Am. 2020 Jan;58(1):119-131. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.08.005. Epub 2019 Oct 16.

Authors

Konstantinos Stefanidis¹, Joanna Moser², Ioannis Vlahos²

Affiliations

¹ Radiology Department, King's College Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK. Electronic address: kstefanidis@nhs.net.
² Radiology Department, St. George's University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust and School of Medicine, Blackshaw Road Tooting, London SW17 0QT, UK.

PMID: 31731896
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.08.005

Abstract

There is a wide variety of causes of diffuse lung disease in the intensive care unit patient, of which adult respiratory distress syndrome is the commonest clinical consideration. Plain radiography, computed tomography, and ultrasound can be used synergistically to evaluate patients with diffuse lung disease and respiratory impairment. Imaging is not limited to characterization of the cause of diffuse lung disease but also aids in monitoring its evolution and in ventilator setting management.

Keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); Diffuse lung disease (DLD); Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF); Intensive care unit (ICU); Ventilatory-associated pneumonia (VAP).

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Critical Care / methods*
Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
Humans
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging*
Intensive Care Units
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / diagnostic imaging*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*