Lung ultrasound in pneumonia: a guide for effective implementation.

Autor: Kok B; Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. bram.kok@radboudumc.nl., Tuinman PR; Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Haaksma ME; Department of Internal Medicine, Spaarne Gasthuis, Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Internal and emergency medicine [Intern Emerg Med] 2024 Dec 10. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 10.
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-024-03807-0
Abstrakt: In patients with pneumonia, lung ultrasound is a useful diagnostic and monitoring tool and has been proven to be superior to physical examination and chest X-ray in terms of feasibility and diagnostic accuracy. Guidelines do not address lung ultrasound as part of the diagnostic workup or as monitoring tool which is surprising. This article provides a succinct overview on the currently available evidence on efficacy and utility of lung ultrasound in patients with a clinical suspicion of pneumonia. Various clinical settings are considered, in addition to limitations, pitfalls and advanced techniques. The aim of this paper is to equip the clinician with the necessary knowledge to maximize lung ultrasound in pneumonia as effective diagnostic and monitoring tool.
Competing Interests: Declarations. Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. Human and animal rights: This article does not contain any studies directly involvin human participants, as it is a review of data already collected in a hernia database. Informed consent: For this type of study, formal consent is not required.
(© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Società Italiana di Medicina Interna (SIMI).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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