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Today I review, link to, and excerpt from POCUS Geek‘s Outstanding POCUS: Lung Ultrasound – Basic Anatomy and Lung sliding – Updated – 2nd Edition.
All that follows is from the above resource.
Aug 15, 2023Difficulty Level: Beginner Lung ultrasound is an essential skill for evaluating patients with shortness of breath, difficulty of breathing and in respiratory distress. Ultrasound is better at identifying lung pathology than the more utilized chest x-ray.
With an understanding of lung ultrasound, diagnosis of many lung pathologies can be made earlier and with improved sensitivity and specificity compared to chest x-ray.
In this video we will discuss the basic lung ultrasound exam and go through evaluating for lung sliding.
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….
