Lung ultrasonography for thoracic surgery.
- Author:
Hyun Joo AHN
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- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Pneumothorax; Pulmonary atelectasis; Thoracic surgery; Ultrasonography
- MeSH: Anesthesia; Diagnosis; Humans; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung*; Pleural Effusion; Pneumonia; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary Atelectasis; Pulmonary Edema; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult; Thoracic Surgery*; Thorax; Ultrasonography*
- From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2019;14(1):1-7
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Patients undergoing thoracic surgery show various lesions such as chronic obstructive lung diseases, pleural adhesion, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, atelectasis, pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, and pneumothorax throughout preoperative, operative, and recovery periods. Therefore, lung ultrasonography has potential for perioperative use in thoracic surgery. Benefits of lung ultrasonography over conventional chest X-ray are convincing. First, ultrasonography has higher sensitivity than X-ray in various lesions. Second, it can be performed at bed side to obtain diagnosis immediately. Third, it does not expose patients to radiologic hazard. If anesthesiologists can obtain necessary skills and perform lung ultrasonography as a routine evaluation process for patients, territory of anesthesia would become broader and patients would obtain more benefit.
