Chest ultrasound can serve as a viable alternative to chest CT in the evaluation of pediatric patients with complicated pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion (a build-up of fluid between the lung and ...

NEW YORK, New York — Bedside ultrasound imaging could be poised to replace the gold standard of chest x-ray for the confirmation of central venous catheter placement, according to preliminary data ...

2 Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, Pavia, Italia 3 Intensive Care Unit and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier ...

The use of lung ultrasound (LUS) is increasingly being a standard of care in critically ill patients, as a diagnostic tool or for follow up. Indeed, LUS in critical care is a holistic tool: it can be ...

Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an emerging radiation-free diagnostic tool with significant promise for identifying the causes of respiratory symptoms in hospitalized children. We conducted a prospective ...

Lung ultrasound has been shown to be highly effective and safe for diagnosing pneumonia in children and a potential substitute for chest X-ray, according to a study conducted at the Icahn School of ...

Using point-of-care ultrasound, internists can reduce the number of tests performed in a hospital without affecting mortality, researchers say. "It's a safe and very useful tool," Marco Barchiesi, MD, ...

The extensive range of diagnostic capabilities and the compact dimensions of ultrasound systems have made lung ultrasonography an indispensable tool for diagnostic imaging. Lung ultrasonography ...

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