Today, I link to, embed, and excerpt from POCUS Geek‘s POCUS: Lung Ultrasound – Identifying B-lines.
All that follows is from the above resource.
Sep 11, 2023Difficulty Level: Beginner
Identifying interstitial lung (pulmonary) edema with ultrasound is a skill needed by anyone caring for a patient with shortness of breath. Lung ultrasound will identify diffuse and localized edema much sooner than chest X-ray with increased sensitivity and specificity.
In this video we will review the focused goal of identifying B-Lines which can indicate the presence of interstitial pulmonary edema.
Author: Jared T Marx MD
International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound: https://link.springer.com/article/10….
