Patients with respiratory distress present a frequent and challenging dilemma for emergency
physicians (EPs). The accurate diagnosis and treatment of the underlying pathology is vitally …

There has been an explosion of knowledge and application of clinical lung ultrasound (LUS)
in the last decade. LUS has important applications in the ambulatory, emergency, and …

Background: The lung is at the crossroads of ventilation and circulation and can provide a
wealth of diagnostic information. In the past, lung ultrasound (LUS) was considered …

The aim of the current study was to describe lung ultrasonography (LUS) characteristics and
to evaluate the agreement between LUS and chest radiography (CXR) in diagnosis of four …

Lung ultrasound (LUS) in the emergency department (ED) has shown a significant role in
the diagnostic workup of pulmonary edema, pneumothorax and pleural effusions. The aim of …

Lung ultrasound (US) is a well-established imaging tool in the inpatient and critical care
setting. It has proven its worth in the rapid bedside diagnosis of a variety of conditions …

Pulmonary ultrasonography is a complementary study that is easy to perform at the patient
bedside with no need to transfer the patient to special areas. The technique provides …

Background High diagnostic accuracy, increasing clinical experience and technical
improvements are good reasons to consider lung ultrasound (US) for the assessment of …

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jtd. amegroups. com reduce the use of these other imaging techniques (13, 14) …

In questo lavoro viene discussa l'utilità dell'ecografia polmonare nella diagnosi delle diverse
cause di dispnea acuta in emergenza, in particolare focalizzando l'attenzione sulla diagnosi …