期刊
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
卷 44, 期 7, 页码 1303-1317出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.02.020
关键词
Quantitative ultrasound imaging; Ultrasound spectroscopy; Critical care medicine; Point-of-care monitoring system; Erythrocyte aggregation; Inflammation; Backscatter coefficient; Structure factor
资金
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-84358, CPG-151959]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [CHRP-508337-17]
This systematic review is aimed at answering two questions: (i) Is erythrocyte aggregation a useful biomarker in assessing systemic inflammation? (ii) Does quantitative ultrasound imaging provide the non-invasive option to measure erythrocyte aggregation in real time? The search was executed through bibliographic electronic databases CINAHL, EMB Review, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PubMed and the grey literature. The majority of studies correlated elevated erythrocyte aggregation with inflammatory blood markers for several pathologic states. Some studies used erythrocyte aggregation as an established marker of systemic inflammation. There were limited but promising articles regarding the use of quantitative ultrasound spectroscopy to monitor erythrocyte aggregation. Similarly, there were limited studies that used other ultrasound techniques to measure systemic inflammation. The quantitative measurement of erythrocyte aggregation has the potential to be a routine clinical marker of inflammation as it can reflect the cumulative inflammatory dynamics in vivo, is relatively simple to measure, is cost-effective and has a rapid turnaround time. Technologies like quantitative ultrasound spectroscopy that can measure erythrocyte aggregation non-invasively and in real time may offer the advantage of continuous monitoring of the inflammation state and, thus, may help in rapid decision making in a critical care setup. (E-mail: guy. cloutier@umontreal.ca) (C) 2018 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. All rights reserved.
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