[A review on thoracic ultrasound].
The use of thoracic ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in the emergency department, intensive care unit or in patients with pulmonary diseases is increasing steadily. It is used to guide percutaneous tracheostomies, to assess pleural effusions, to rule out pneumothorax, and to guide the placement of endovascular and pleural catheters. It is also useful in the assessment of patients with dyspnea. The aim of this review is to provide the practical and technical basics for the use of this diagnostic tool among internists and specialists in pulmonary diseases.
Sección de Neumologia Intervencional, Universidad del Desarrollo, Clinica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile, sfernandezbussy@alemana.cl.
Sebastián
S
Fernández-Bussy
Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Gonzalo
G
Labarca
División de Neumología Intervencional, Universidad Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Mario
M
Lanza
Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonary, Beth Israel Deaconess Center-Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Erik
E
Folch
Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonary, Beth Israel Deaconess Center-Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Adnan
A
Majid
D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000379:methods; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*