Ultrasound assessment of antibiotic-induced pulmonary reaeration in ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Objectives: To compare lung reaeration measured by bedside chest radiography, lung computed tomography, and lung ultrasound in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia treated by antibiotics.

Design: Computed tomography, chest radiography, and lung ultrasound were performed before (day 0) and 7 days following initiation of antibiotics.

Setting: A 26-bed multidisciplinary intensive care unit in La Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital (University Paris-6).