Lung Point: A Warning Sign In Pneumothorax
Abstract
Lung ultrasound is gaining more importance in the management of ambulatory and critically ill patients in the last decade. Point of care ultrasound evaluation will have impact on efficient management of patients presenting with acute dyspnea. Here we report a case of pneumothorax in which point of care ultrasound prevented inadvertent insertion of chest tube. Identification of lung point in a case of pneumothorax and its importance has been explained.References
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2. Lichtenstein, Daniel A., and Yves Menu. "A bedside ultrasound sign ruling out pneumothorax in the critically III: lung sliding." Chest 108.5 (1995): 1345-1348.
3.Lichtenstein, Daniel, et al. "The" lung point": an ultrasound sign specific to pneumothorax." Intensive care medicine 26.10 (2000): 1434-1440.
4.Mahfood, Saade, et al. "Reexpansion pulmonary edema." The Annals of thoracic surgery 45.3 (1988): 340-345.
