Diagnostic value of chest ultrasound after cardiac surgery: A comparison with chest X-ray and auscultation

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1527-1532

  Vezzani, Antonella ^a   Manca, Tullio ^a   Brusasco, Claudia ^b   Santori, Gregorio ^b   Valentino, Massimo ^c   Nicolini, Francesco ^a   Molardi, Alberto ^a   Gherli, Tiziano ^a   Corradi, Francesco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

critical care; daily on demand chest radiography; lung ultrasonography; postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALVEOLAR INTERSTITIAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHEST ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE MALPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG CONSOLIDATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTEROLATERAL ALVEOLAR PLEURAL SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AUSCULTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; LUNG; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

AGED; AUSCULTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRITICAL CARE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84919458003     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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