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Lung Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Once thought impracticable, lung ultrasound is now used in patients with a variety of pulmonary processes. This review seeks to describe the utility of lung ultrasound in the management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). A literature search was carried out on PubMed/Medline u...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3406272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22708913 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340312801784907 |
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author | Ang, Shiang-Hu Andrus, Phillip |
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description | Once thought impracticable, lung ultrasound is now used in patients with a variety of pulmonary processes. This review seeks to describe the utility of lung ultrasound in the management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). A literature search was carried out on PubMed/Medline using search terms related to the topic. Over three thousand results were narrowed down via title and/or abstract review. Related articles were downloaded for full review. Case reports, letters, reviews and editorials were excluded. Lung ultrasonographic multiple B-lines are a good indicator of alveolar interstitial syndrome but are not specific for ADHF. The absence of multiple B-lines can be used to rule out ADHF as a causative etiology. In clinical scenarios where the assessment of acute dyspnea boils down to single or dichotomous pathologies, lung ultrasound can help rule in ADHF. For patients being treated for ADHF, lung ultrasound can also be used to monitor response to therapy. Lung ultrasound is an important adjunct in the management of patients with acute dyspnea or ADHF. |
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spelling | pubmed-34062722013-05-01 Lung Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Ang, Shiang-Hu Andrus, Phillip Curr Cardiol Rev Article Once thought impracticable, lung ultrasound is now used in patients with a variety of pulmonary processes. This review seeks to describe the utility of lung ultrasound in the management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). A literature search was carried out on PubMed/Medline using search terms related to the topic. Over three thousand results were narrowed down via title and/or abstract review. Related articles were downloaded for full review. Case reports, letters, reviews and editorials were excluded. Lung ultrasonographic multiple B-lines are a good indicator of alveolar interstitial syndrome but are not specific for ADHF. The absence of multiple B-lines can be used to rule out ADHF as a causative etiology. In clinical scenarios where the assessment of acute dyspnea boils down to single or dichotomous pathologies, lung ultrasound can help rule in ADHF. For patients being treated for ADHF, lung ultrasound can also be used to monitor response to therapy. Lung ultrasound is an important adjunct in the management of patients with acute dyspnea or ADHF. Bentham Science Publishers 2012-05 2012-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3406272/ /pubmed/22708913 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340312801784907 Text en © 2012 Bentham Science Publishers http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/), which permits unrestrictive use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Article Ang, Shiang-Hu Andrus, Phillip Lung Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure |
title | Lung Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure |
title_full | Lung Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure |
title_fullStr | Lung Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure |
title_full_unstemmed | Lung Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure |
title_short | Lung Ultrasound in the Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure |
title_sort | lung ultrasound in the management of acute decompensated heart failure |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3406272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22708913 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340312801784907 |
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