The dynamic air bronchogram: A lung ultrasound sign of alveolar consolidation ruling out atelectasis

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1421-1425

  Lichtenstein, Daniel ^a   Mezière, Gilbert ^b   Seitz, Julien ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Général   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR BRONCHOGRAM; ALVEOLAR CONSOLIDATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 66649119739     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2281     Document Type: Article

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