ArticleIntensive care medicine2025
ESICM-ESPNIC international expert consensus on quantitative lung ultrasound in intensive care.
Article in Intensive care medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07432477 (Comparison of Hemodynamic and Pulmonary Outcomes Between Single-Step and Stepwise Lung Recruitment Maneuvers After Cardiopulmonary Bypass), which is not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparison of Hemodynamic and Pulmonary Outcomes Between Single-Step and Stepwise Lung Recruitment Maneuvers After Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Lung ultrasound aeration score as a predictor of extubation failure in neonates: an updated systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026.Intensive care medicine · 2026Pooled it
- The predictive value of newborn and infant lung ultrasound score for mechanical ventilation needs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of oral sucrose for preterm infants undergoing point-of-care lung ultrasound: a randomized assessor-blinded controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Evolution of diaphragmatic thickness and function in preterm infants on non-invasive neurally adjusted ventilatory assist.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
- A Predictive Model Based on Cardio and Lung Ultrasound Features for Differential Diagnosis of Cardiogenic and Non-cardiogenic Dyspnea in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Single-Center Observational Study.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026Observational
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- Lung ultrasound versus chest radiography for the detection of early postoperative pulmonary complications in children undergoing cardiac surgery.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
- Lung ultrasound aeration score in pediatric ARDS: associations with oxygenation impairment and RALE score.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
- Accuracy of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2026Article
- The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): epidemiology, etiology, molecular mechanisms, diagnosis and therapeutic strategies.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Review
- Serial lung ultrasound scoring for predicting invasive mechanical ventilation in preterm neonates: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Lung ultrasound feature tracking to quantify regional lung strain in mechanically ventilated pigs.Respiratory research · 2026Article
- International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound : 2025 focused update of the 2012 recommendations.Intensive care medicine · 2026Article
- Lung ultrasound findings in neonatal viral pneumonia: case series and literature review.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Lung ultrasound evolution after interventional closure of the ductus in preterm babies.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
- Clinical criteria for the definition of refractory septic shock: a joint Delphi consensus from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).Intensive care medicine · 2026Article
- Ten Influential Point-of-Care Ultrasound Papers: 2025 in Review.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2026Review
- Lung ultrasound in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia: is it able to detect structural and functional impairments?European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Validation of Lung Ultrasound Score for Disease Severity and Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Failure.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2026Observational
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Abstract
purposeTo provide an international expert consensus on technical aspects and clinical applications of quantitative lung ultrasound in adult, paediatric and neonatal intensive care.
methodsThe European Society of Intensive Care (ESICM) and the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) endorsed the project. We selected an international panel of 20 adult, paediatric and neonatal intensive care experts with clinical and research expertise in quantitative lung ultrasound, plus two non-voting methodologists. Fourteen clinical questions were proposed by the chairs to the panel, who voted for their priority (1-9 Likert-type scale) and proposed modifications/supplementing (two-round vote). All the questions achieved the predefined threshold (mean score > 5) and 14 groups of 3 mixed adult/paediatric experts were identified to develop the statements for each clinical question; predefined groups of experts in the fields of adult and paediatric/neonatal intensive care voted statements specific for these subgroups. An iterative approach was used to obtain the final consensus statements (two-round vote, 1-9 Likert-type scale); statements were classified as with agreement (range 7-9), uncertainty (4-6), disagreement (1-3) when the median score and ≥ 75% of votes laid within a specific range.
resultsA total of 46 statements were produced (4 adults-only, 4 paediatric/neonatal-only, 38 interdisciplinary); all obtained agreement. This result was also achieved by acknowledging in the statements the current limitations of quantitative lung ultrasound.
conclusionThis consensus guides the use of quantitative lung ultrasound in adult, paediatric and neonatal intensive care and helps identify the fields where further research will be needed in the future.
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