naa a22 4500 510748236 CHVBK 20180411083054.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11547-012-0852-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11547-012-0852-4 Lung ultrasound in diagnosing and monitoring pulmonary interstitial fluid [Elektronische Daten] [G. Volpicelli, L. Melniker, L. Cardinale, A. Lamorte, M. Frascisco] Ecografia polmonare nella diagnosi e nel monitoraggio dei fluidi interstiziali polmonari Chronic heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome often characterised by recurrent episodes of acute decompensation. This is acknowledged as a major public health problem, leading to a steadily increasing number of hospitalisations in developed countries. In decompensated heart failure, the redistribution of fluids into the pulmonary vascular bed leads to respiratory failure, a common cause of presentation to the emergency department. The ability to diagnose, quantify and monitor pulmonary congestion is particularly important in managing the disease. Lung ultrasound (US) is a relatively new method that has gained a growing acceptance as a bedside diagnostic tool to assess pulmonary interstitial fluid and alveolar oedema. The latest developments in lung US are not because of technological advance but are based on new applications and discovering the meanings of specific sonographic artefacts designated as B-lines. Real-time sonography of the lung targeted to detection of B-lines allows bedside diagnosis of respiratory failure due to impairment of cardiac function, as well as quantification and monitoring of pulmonary interstitial fluid. Lung US saves time and cost, provides immediate information to the clinician and relies on very easy-toacquire and highly reproducible data. Springer-Verlag Italia, 2012 Heart failure nationallicence Pulmonary congestion nationallicence Pulmonary interstitial fluid nationallicence Lung ultrasound nationallicence Respiratory failure nationallicence Insufficienza cardiac nationallicence Congestione polmonare nationallicence Fluidi interstiziali polmonari nationallicence Ecografia polmonare nationallicence Insufficienza respiratoria nationallicence Volpicelli G. Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy aut Melniker L. Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, New York, NY, USA aut Cardinale L. Institute of Radiology, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy aut Lamorte A. Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy aut Frascisco M. Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy aut La radiologia medica Springer Milan 118/2(2013-03-01), 196-205 0033-8362 118:2<196 2013 118 11547 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-012-0852-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-012-0852-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Volpicelli G. Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Melniker L. Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cardinale L. Institute of Radiology, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lamorte A. Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Frascisco M. Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- La radiologia medica Springer Milan 118/2(2013-03-01), 196-205 0033-8362 118:2<196 2013 118 11547 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer