Pulmonary Edema Assessed by Ultrasound: Impact in Cardiology and Intensive Care Practice

Pulmonary edema is a frequent condition found in adult patients hospitalized in cardiology wards and intensive care units. Ultrasonography is a diagnostic modality with a high sensitivity for the detection of extravascular lung water, visualized as B lines, and usually caused by cardiogenic or nonca...

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Published in:Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2016-05, Vol.33 (5), p.778-787
Main Authors: Blanco, Pablo A., Cianciulli, Tomás F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiology - trends
Critical Care - trends
echocardiography
extravascular lung water
Humans
Image Enhancement - methods
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods
Lung - diagnostic imaging
pulmonary edema
Pulmonary Edema - diagnostic imaging
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
ultrasonography
Ultrasonography - methods
ultrasound A lines
ultrasound B lines
ultrasound lung comets
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Summary:Pulmonary edema is a frequent condition found in adult patients hospitalized in cardiology wards and intensive care units. Ultrasonography is a diagnostic modality with a high sensitivity for the detection of extravascular lung water, visualized as B lines, and usually caused by cardiogenic or noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. This paper highlights a simple method for the assessment of patients with pulmonary edema, which allows for a differential diagnosis of its possible mechanism and contributes to therapeutic intervention guiding and monitoring.
ISSN:0742-2822
1540-8175
DOI:10.1111/echo.13182