Serial Lung Ultrasonography to Monitor Patient With Diffuse Alveolar Hemorhage.
Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) leads to acute respiratory failure. This is why it requires rapid diagnosis and implementation of appropriate treatment. The standard diagnosis of a patient with DAH includes laboratory tests, diagnostic imagining (X-ray of the chest, high-resolution computed tomography), and bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage. We present a description of 2 patients diagnosed with systemic connective tissue disease and DAH, monitored with the help of lung ultrasound. To our knowledge, this is the first description of the use of lung ultrasound in DAH in adult patients.
*Connective Tissue Diseases and Geriatric and †Allergology and Pneumonology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Natalia
N
Buda
Anna
A
Masiak
Żaneta
Ż
Smoleńska
Katarzyna
K
Gałecka
Maria
M
Porzezińska
Zbigniew
Z
Zdrojewski
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*