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World J Clin Cases. Dec 26, 2024; 12(36): 6887-6891
Published online Dec 26, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i36.6887
Role of diaphragmatic ultrasound in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Prakash Banjade, Yasoda Rijal, Munish Sharma, Salim Surani
Prakash Banjade, Department of General Medicine, Manipal College of Medical Science, Pokhara 33700, Nepal
Yasoda Rijal, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44613, Nepal
Munish Sharma, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor Scott and White, Temple, LA 76508, United States
Salim Surani, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
Author contributions: Bandaje P, Yasoda R and Sharma M were involved in review of literature and writeup; Surani S was involved in originator, supervision, review and revision of the manuscript; all of the authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript to be published.
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Corresponding author: Salim Surani, FACP, FCCP, MD, MHSc, Professor, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Texas A and M University, 40 Bizzell Street, College Station, TX 77843, United States. srsurani@hotmail.com
Received: August 15, 2024
Revised: September 8, 2024
Accepted: September 13, 2024
Published online: December 26, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) could lead to respiratory failure, increasing the patient's morbidity and mortality. Diaphragmatic ultrasound could be an important tool to predict better the outcome of noninvasive ventilation in patients with AECOPD. Diaphragmatic indices such as diaphragm activity, diaphragm movement time index, and diaphragm thickening fraction can be assessed with ultrasonography, which could predict the mechanical ventilation outcomes in AECOPD patients.