Pleura
Air
Understand Basic Bedside Lung Ultrasound
Suthaporn Lumlertgul MD
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Emergency Unit King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand
Pleura
AirNormally ultrasounds cannot
get through air in Lung
Therefore ultrasound bounce back almost 100%
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Horizontal white line below pleural with
repetitive same distance
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rib rib
Pleural
A line
A line
Put ultrasound probe on both sides(echo or abdomen for beginners)
on midclavicular line.
On the left side avoid heart.
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In patient with dyspnea from diseases with no extra water.
U would see A line in bedside ultrasound
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Pulmonary Embolism
COPD
In patient with dyspnea from diseases with no extra water.
U would see A line in bedside ultrasound
and in normal people as well.
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Pulmonary Embolism
COPD
This helps differential dry dyspnea(black lung) from wet dyspnea(white lung)
when you have no time for X-ray
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PECOPD
CHF,ARDSPneumonia
What about white lung in X-ray?
Or Lung with extra water
extra pus.
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CHF,ARDSPneumonia
Long white color
start from pleural to the end of screen
and you would see no A line
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B line
Lobar pneumonia
In pneumoniayou would find B line
in one side that have pneumonia
(extra pus instead of air)
And A line in the normal lung.
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In Falls Protocolby Lichtenstein et al.
Appear of B line can help you monitor bedside
if you have load the patient too much water
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A horizontal white line DDX COPD, Asthma, PE
B Vertical white line DDX CHF, ARDS, Pneumonia in Bad lung
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SUM UP
A horizontal white line DDX COPD, Asthma, PE
B Vertical white line DDX CHF, ARDS, Pneumonia in Bad lungNormally we search IVC, Heart, DVT + clinical + Lab to conclude diagnosed not pure Lung Ultrasound How to Ddx CHF VS ARDS, pneumothorax, atelectasis is not in this chapter
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SUM UP
Don’t make decision only by ultrasound
Always add clinical and Labs for confirmation.
If you just start doing ultrasound in new organs.
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PleuraAir
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Effusion : Jelly fish sign, no Curtain
Consolidate : Shred ,C LineStatic Air Brochogram in 2D
Pneumothorax
Barcode in M modeNo lung sliding in 2D
Atelectasis
Lung Pulse in M mode Static Air Brochogram in 2D
A vs B
Common probe using Lung Ultrasound
(Abdominal probe can be used instead of Echo probe) If you trained your eye, any probe can be used for any signs
this is just recommend for the beginning.
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