Priyanka Sridhar; Paru Patrawalla; Boram Kim – This study evaluates the feasibility, clinical impact, indications, practices, and findings associated with lung POCUS in an urban-based pulmonary outpatient clinic
Article Categories: Lung POCUS
Bilateral Lung Points without Pneumothorax: Exploring “Lung Point” Mimics
Michael Dong, Rebecca Davis, F. Mae West, Gillian Naro, Arthur Au, Jonathan Foster, Jillian Cooper – This study presents a patient case with bilateral lung points in the absence of pneumothorax.
Assessment of the association between lung POCUS findings during preoperative assessment and cardiopulmonary outcomes in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: a pilot study protocol
Leonidas Palaiodimos; Sriram Sunil Kumar; Perminder Gulani ; Maisha Maliha; Adam Mylonakis; Lori Lemberg; Mindaugas Pranevicius; Robert T. Faillace; Ilias I. Siembos; Benjamin Galen; Dimitrios Schizas – This study attempted to determine whether the addition of lung POCUS can be used to better stratify the risk for postoperative complications.
Interrater Agreement of Physicians Identifying Lung Sliding Artifact on B-Mode And M-Mode Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Ross Prager; Hans Clausdorff Fiedler; Delaney Smith; Derek Wu; Robert Arntfield – Chest point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is a first-line diagnostic test to identify lung sliding, an important artifact to diagnose or rule out pneumothorax. Despite enthusiastic adoption of this modality, the interrater reliability for physicians to identify lung sliding is unknown.
Rib Reverberation: An Important New Artifact in Lung Ultrasound
Yulei Cao; Jennifer K. Sun; Cameron M. Baston – We present a case report describing horizontal sonographic artifacts that resemble A-lines generated by a rib.