The extensive range of diagnostic capabilities and the compact dimensions of ultrasound systems have made lung ultrasonography an indispensable tool for diagnostic imaging. Lung ultrasonography ...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in China’s Wuhan city at the end of the last year, the illness has spread across the globe to affect more than 5.4 million and has killed more than 344,000 ...

2 Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, Pavia, Italia 3 Intensive Care Unit and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier ...

Lung ultrasound is effective for detecting ILD in RA patients, with high sensitivity and moderate specificity. B-lines are a primary criterion for ILD diagnosis in LUS, indicating pulmonary ...

“It must be confessed that there is something even ludicrous in the picture of a grave physician formally listening through a long tube applied to the patient’s thorax, as if the disease within were a ...

How does fluid build up around the lungs? There are two sheets of tissue that protect the lungs. They are called pleural membranes (or pleura). In between the pleura is the pleural space. It's normal ...

Pleural effusion, also called “water on the lungs,” is extra fluid buildup between thin membranes that line your lungs and chest wall. These membranes (pleura) normally contain a few teaspoons of ...