Diagnostic value of lung ultrasound in rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease
Zhou Huihui
Zhang Hongwei
Chen Juan
Huang Ge
Huang Qinli
Abstract：Objective To investigate whether lung ultrasound is as valuable as high resolution CT(HRCT)in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease.Methods 30 patients with rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease and 32 patients with simple rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed in our hospital from January 2021 to December 2023 were separately selected for HRCT and lung ultrasound examination.The data were recorded and analyzed.Results The sensitivity(90.0%),specificity(87.5%),positive predictive value(87.1%)and negative predictive value(90.3%)of lung ultrasound in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease were all high.McNemar test results showed that there was no statistical difference between the diagnostic results of lung ultrasound and HRCT(P=1.000),and McNemar consistency test results showed that there was a good consistency between the diagnostic results of lung ultrasound and HRCT for rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease(Kappa=0.774,P<0.05).Conclusion Lung ultrasound is as valuable as HRCT in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease.
Keywords：interstitial lung diseaserheumatoid arthritislung ultrasoundhigh resolution CT
Publication Date：2024-12-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-19(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 55-58 )