Lung ultrasound in the ICU: From diagnostic instrument to respiratory monitoring tool

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1282-1296

  Via, G ^a   Storti, E ^b   Gulati, G ^c   Neri, L ^b   Mojoli, F ^a   Braschi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung; Thorax; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG CONTUSION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VENTILATION; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 84871275288     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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