Could the use of bedside lung ultrasound reduce the number of chest x-rays in the intensive care unit?

BACKGROUND: Lung ultrasound can be used as an alternative to chest radiography (CXR) for the diagnosis and follow-up of various lung diseases in the intensive care unit (ICU). Our aim was to evaluate the influence that introducing a routine daily use of lung ultrasound in critically ill patients may...

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Autores principales: Brogi, Etrusca, Bignami, Elena, Sidoti, Anna, Shawar, Mohammed, Gargani, Luna, Vetrugno, Luigi, Volpicelli, Giovanni, Forfori, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28903756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-017-0113-8

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