Exploring the correlations of lung ultrasound with delirium and other clinical outcomes in older patients with respiratory failure admitted in acute geriatric units (ECO-AGE): protocol for a multicentre, prospective, observational study from the GRETA Group (Gruppo di Ricerca in Ecografia Toracica nell’Anziano) of the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG)

Exploring the correlations of lung ultrasound with delirium and other clinical outcomes in older patients with respiratory failure admitted in acute geriatric units (ECO-AGE): protocol for a multicentre, prospective, observational study from the GRETA Group (Gruppo di Ricerca in Ecografia Toracica nell’Anziano) of the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG)

Introduction Point-of-care lung ultrasound (LUS) can assist in diagnosing acute respiratory diseases for its high accuracy and immediate availability at the bedside, including older patients with frailty. Delirium represents a frequent complication of hospitalisation in this setting, frequently trig...

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Main Authors: Andrea Ticinesi, Fulvio Lauretani, Antonio Nouvenne, Tiziana Meschi, Giuseppe Bellelli, Andrea Ungar, Marcello Maggio, Simone Scarlata, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi, Fabio Monzani, Carmine Siniscalchi, Chukwuma Okoye, Alberto Finazzi, Adriana Antonella Bruni, Daniela Guarino, Nicoletta Cerundolo, Irene Zucchini, Monica Torrini, Michele Cerasuolo, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Sonia Zotti, Marco Lunian, Lorenzo Maccioni, Silvia Fabbri della Faggiola, Marco Capacci, Maria Giovanna Bianco, Guglielmo Guarona, Panaiotis Finamore, Emma Esposito, Lavinia Vitali, Tessa Mazzarone, Martina Salvati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-07-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/7/e097229.full
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