Pipeline product: Dialysis Patients’ Evaluation of Lung Edema at Home Using a Mobile Phone Tele-Ultrasound Application: A Pilot Study

Dialysis Patients’ Evaluation of Lung Edema at Home Using a Mobile Phone Tele-Ultrasound Application: A Pilot Study

Pipeline product: Dialysis Patients’ Evaluation of Lung Edema at Home Using a Mobile Phone Tele-Ultrasound Application: A Pilot Study

by : Itamar Ben Shitrit, Aviya Kedmi, Khaled El Haj, Amit Kosto, Ofri Karni, Sharon Einav, Tomer Poleg, Ariel Avraham Hasidim, Noa Bineth, Tomer Gat, Alla Shnaider, Orli Barad, Lior Fuchs

Affiliations

  • Joyce and Irving Goldman Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • Clinical Research Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • Medical Intensive Care Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • Maccabi Healthcare System, Sharon Region and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University
  • Department of Pediatrics A, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel
  • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
  • Department of Nephrology, Soroka University Medical Center

Conclusions: High-risk elderly patients can successfully generate self-scanned lung ultrasound images comparable to those produced by physicians. These promising results warrant further investigation through larger-scale and long-term studies.

Keywords: home care services; ultrasonography; pulmonary edema; water–electrolyte balanceeview

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