title: Prehospital lung ultrasound in the distinction between pulmonary edema and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: We present 2 cases of dyspneic patients, where prehospital lung ultrasound helped to distinguish between pulmonary edema and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: Medizinercorps Graz, Austrian Red Cross, Naglergasse, Austria. pm.zechner@gmail.com
authors.forename: Peter Michael
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Zechner
authors.forename: Gernot
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aichinger
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rigaud
authors.forename: Gernot
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wildner
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prause
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014463:Ultrasonography