Ultrasound use in the ICU for interventional pulmonology procedures.

ABSTRACT: Critical care ultrasound has shifted the paradigm of thoracic imaging by enabling the treating physician to acquire and interpret images essential for clinical decision-making, at the bedside, in real-time. Once considered impossible, lung ultrasound based on interpretation of artifacts along with true images, has gained momentum during the last decade, as an integral part of rapid evaluation algorithms for acute respiratory failure, shock and cardiac arrest. Procedural ultrasound image guidance is a standard of care for both common bedside procedures, and advanced procedures within interventional pulmonologist's (IP's) scope of practice. From IP's perspective, the lung, pleural, and chest wall ultrasound expertise is a prerequisite for mastery in pleural drainage techniques and transthora

SUBMITTER: Milojevic I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8411174 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature