Today, I review, link to, and excerpt from POCUS Geek‘s POCUS – Lung Ultrasound: How to diagnose a pneumothorax with ultrasound.
All that follows is from the above resource.
Sep 26, 2018This video explains the technique used to identify a lung point, which represents a pneumothorax, when performing thoracic/lung ultrasound.
Author: Jared T Marx MD
Lung ultrasound binary questions and videos: 1a – Is there lung sliding? Video:
• POCUS: Lung Ultrasound – Basic Anatom…
1b – If lung sliding is NOT present is there a lung point? Video:
2 -Are B lines (interstitial syndrome) present? Video:
3 – Is the pleural line irregular? Video:
4 – Is there hepatization (consolidation) of the lung? Video:
5 – Is there free thoracic fluid? Video: Coming Soon
Important references: International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound: https://link.springer.com/article/10….
