Lung Ultrasound in Children With Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Authors' conclusion
Lung US in systemic JIA-LD reveals highly conspicuous abnormalities in the pleura and subpleura that appear to correlate with peripheral lung findings on HRCT. Lung US is a feasible imaging tool in children even from an early age.
Study context
- Population
- Children age <18 years with known systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated lung disease and healthy controls
- Participants
- 9 vs 6
- Comparison
- Children with systemic JIA-LD vs healthy controls; lung ultrasound (US) compared to high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT)
- Systemic JIA-LDn = 9
- Healthy controlsn = 6reference
- Outcome
- Lung US features in systemic JIA-LD and feasibility of lung US
Methodological detailsdescriptive, feasibility, Lung US acquisition at 14 lung positions, Feasibility assessed through patient surveys
- Descriptive
- Feasibility
- Lung US acquisition at 14 lung positions
- Feasibility assessed through patient surveys
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Mean time to perform lung US
12 minutes
Original publication
Lung Ultrasound in Children With Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 8 December 2022. doi:10.
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