@article{JTD22468,
author = {Paolo Diana and Davide Zampieri and Elisa Furlani and Emanuele Pivetta and Fiorella Calabrese and Federica Pezzuto and Giuseppe Marulli and Federico Rea and Carlo Ori and Paolo Persona},
title = {Lung ultrasound as a monitoring tool in lung transplantation in rodents: a feasibility study},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {10},
number = {7},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: Orthotopic lung transplantation in rats has been developed as a model to study organ dysfunction, but available tools for monitoring the graft function are limited. In this study, lung ultrasound (LUS) is proposed as a new non-invasive monitoring tool in awake rodents.
Methods: LUS was applied to native and graft lung of six rats after left orthotopic transplantation. Rats were monitored with LUS while awake, patterns identified, images evaluated with a scoring system, intra- and inter-rater agreement was assessed and examination times analyzed.
Results: A total of 78 clips were recorded. The median quality score of LUS was 3.66/4 for left hemithorax and 3.71/4 for native right side. The intra-rater agreement was 0.53 and 0.65 and the inter-rater agreement was 0.61 (P},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/22468}
}