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...
| Publicado en: | Echocardiography Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 778 - 788 |
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| Formato: | algorithm diagnostic images pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2016
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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