Automated lung ultrasound image assessment using artificial intelligence to identify fluid overload in dialysis patients.

Background: Fluid assessment is challenging, and fluid overload poses a significant problem among dialysis patients, with pulmonary oedema being the most serious consequence. Our study aims to develop a simple objective fluid assessment strategy using lung ultrasound (LUS) and artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the fluid status of dialysis patients.

Methods: This was a single-centre study of 76 hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients carried out between July 2020 to May 2022.