Open AccessCrackles and Comets: Lung Ultrasound to Detect Pulmonary Congestion in Patients on Dialysis is Coming of Age
Author(s) -
Richard A. Sherman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.09140816
Subject(s) - crackles , medicine , lung ultrasound , dialysis , lung , ultrasound , cardiology , intensive care medicine , radiology
The 2012 edition of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine states that “ultrasound imaging is not useful for the evaluation of the pulmonary parenchyma” ([1][1]). However, as these words were being written, evidence was accumulating that such imaging was indeed valuable in differentiating
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