Prehospital lung ultrasound in the distinction between pulmonary edema and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Peter Michael Zechner; Gernot Aichinger; Marcel Rigaud; Gernot Wildner; Gerhard Prause

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2009.07.021

Prehospital lung ultrasound in the distinction between pulmonary edema and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Am J Emerg Med. 2010 Mar;28(3):389.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.07.021. Epub 2010 Jan 28.

Authors

Peter Michael Zechner¹, Gernot Aichinger, Marcel Rigaud, Gernot Wildner, Gerhard Prause

Affiliation

¹ Medizinercorps Graz, Austrian Red Cross, Naglergasse, Austria. pm.zechner@gmail.com

PMID: 20223411
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.07.021

Abstract

We present 2 cases of dyspneic patients, where prehospital lung ultrasound helped to distinguish between pulmonary edema and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea / diagnostic imaging
Emergency Medical Services
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology
Pulmonary Edema / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Edema / physiopathology
Ultrasonography