Results
Within the scope of the study, a total of 28 intubated patients, 11 of
whom (39.3%) were female, were included in the evaluation. 55
measurements were made in 28 patients. The distribution of the
demographics and clinical findings is shown in Table 1. Table 2 shows
the measurements madeĀ using POCUS and CXR in patients on mechanical
ventilator in HFOV mode, as well as the patientsā adjusted age and
weight at the time of measurement.
Table 3 displays the findings of the intraclass correlation analysis,
which assessed the concordance between POCUS imaging of the anterior
chest and CXR of the posterior chest in terms of costal distances until
the diaphragm level. The concordance between the two assessments was
significantly correlated (r:0.913, p<0.001). During the
procedure, no adverse events were reported, and no patients required
intervention.