A5064505692- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Radiology practices and education
Gold Coast Hospital
2019
Lung ultrasound can detect B-lines in both disease states and normal patients. are sensitive indicators for interstitial oedema, but research is limited terms of what a 'normal' amount healthy adults. Current belief that 3 laterobasal areas be normal. We aimed to determine patients different ages. hypothesised older with the previous history lung or smoking would have more B-lines.We performed cross-sectional study on convenience sample 200 volunteers: 100 aged 18-49 (median age 33.5) 50-91...
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss limitations of lung ultrasound B line counts, following a detailed and appropriate letter from Quarato et al. This erudite comment combined with our paper, highlights spectrum definitive expert diagnostic investigation simple screening tool. There is no doubt that ‘B artefact’ manifests differently different probes, machines settings.1, 2 The has never been called pathognomonic, multiple pathologies producing artefact were described beginning.3...