Diagnostic value of point-of-care lung ultrasonography
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4912.2015.06.004
- VernacularTitle:床旁超声对肺部疾病的诊断和评估价值
- Author:
Li ZHAO
;
Ying WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Lung ultrasonography;
Pulmonary disease;
Point-of-care
- From:
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2015;22(6):375-378,382
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Lung ultrasound(LUS)has gained increasing popularity among intensivists in recent dec-ades.Although limited by the presence of air,LUS has proved to be useful in the evaluation of a number of different acute and chronic conditions,such as pneumonia,pneumothorax,acute lung injury,alveolar-intersti-tial syndrome,pleural effusion,etc,and showed a relatively higher sensitivity,specificity and diagnostic accu-racy compared to routine radiographic imaging.It is also critical in improving the safety of pleural interven-tional procedures.The most common signs for diagnosing and differential diagnosing include the pleural line, lung sliding,the A-line,the quad sign,the sinusoid sign,the fractal,and tissue-like sign,the B-line,lung rock-ets,abolished lung sliding with the barcode sign,the lung point,the dynamic air bronchogram,etc.The BLUE-protocol allows differential diagnosis of acute respiratory failure.LUS is a feasible technique that can be used routinely and integrated into clinical practice in the fields of intensive care,emergency care,respirato-ry and general medicine.
