Prehospital lung ultrasound in the distinction between pulmonary edema and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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.
Zechner
Peter Michael
PM
Medizinercorps Graz, Austrian Red Cross, Naglergasse, Austria. pm.zechner@gmail.com
Aichinger
Gernot
G
Rigaud
Marcel
M
Wildner
Gernot
G
Prause
Gerhard
G
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