Publications by authors named "Annemette G Abild-Nielsen"
Article Synopsis
- Pleural effusion is common in patients with acute heart failure, affecting 50% to 80% of cases, and is linked to central hemodynamics like pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP).
- This study involved 346 patients with advanced heart failure, identifying pleural effusion in 47%, with larger effusions correlating with higher filling pressures.
- The research found that higher PCWP and central venous pressure were significantly associated with the presence and size of pleural effusion, along with serum albumin levels, highlighting potential markers for evaluating heart failure severity.
Remote dielectric sensing to detect acute heart failure in patients with dyspnoea: a prospective observational study in the emergency department.
Eur Heart J Open
November 2022
Aims: Remote dielectric sensing (ReDS) enables quick estimation of lung fluid content. To examine if ReDS is superior to other methods in detecting acute heart failure.
Methods And Results: We included consecutive patients with dyspnoea from the emergency departments at Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, and performed ReDS, low-dose chest computed tomography (CT), echocardiogram, lung ultrasound, NT-Pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and a Boston score evaluation (chest X-ray and clinical signs).
Clinical Applicability of Lung Ultrasound Methods in the Emergency Department to Detect Pulmonary Congestion on Computed Tomography.
Ultraschall Med
June 2021
Clinical Applicability of Lung Ultrasound Methods in the Emergency Department to Detect Pulmonary Congestion on Computed Tomography.
Ultraschall Med
June 2021
Background: B-lines on lung ultrasound are seen in decompensated heart failure, but their diagnostic value in consecutive patients in the acute setting is not clear. Chest CT is the superior method to evaluate interstitial lung disease, but no studies have compared lung ultrasound directly to congestion on chest CT.
Purpose: To examine whether congestion on lung ultrasound equals congestion on a low-dose chest CT as the gold standard.
Paget disease (PD) of bone is a benign but chronic disorder of bone metabolism. We report a case of an 85-year-old man with several fractures in the pelvis and radiograph raising suspicion of metastases. An F-NaF PET/CT demonstrated high F-NaF uptake in the same regions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGoals Of The Work: As part of a psychosocial intervention study, we wanted to prospectively assess the quality of life of colorectal cancer patients who were given a stoma at the time of their initial operation for cancer or later and those whose initial stoma was removed.
Materials And Methods: A total of 249 colorectal cancer patients were recruited and responded to a questionnaire 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after the initial operation (26-35% had a stoma during follow-up).
Main Results: Although most of the differences between stoma and non-stoma patients failed to reach significance, 22 out of 27 variables indicated a poorer quality of life for those with a stoma.