Vnitr Lek 2017, 63(11):900-907 | DOI: 10.36290/vnl.2017.164

Ultrasound examination of the chest in the hands of the clinical physician

Vratislav Sedlák1,*, Vladimír Koblížek1, Rastislav Šimek2
1 Plicní klinika LF UK a FN Hradec Králové
2 Plicní oddělení Krajské nemocnice Tomáše Bati, a.s., Zlín

Implementation of ultrasound into clinical medicine is current trend in many subspecialties of internal medicine. Remarkable development and use of this technology is currently present in intensive care and respiratory medicine. This review summarizes current knowledge and nomenclature of artefacts and findings in clinical chest ultrasound. It describes ultrasound-based approach in a differential diagnostic algorithm of acute severe dyspnoea. Chest ultrasound should be a standard knowledge of chest physician.

Keywords: clinical chest ultrasound; chest drainage; pleural fluid; pneumothorax; thoracocentesis

Received: September 8, 2017; Accepted: September 26, 2017; Published: November 1, 2017  Show citation

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