Open AccessRisk Factors for Loss of Lung Sliding in a Medical Intensive Care Population With Acute Respiratory Failure
Author(s) -
Christopher Mallow,
Warren Isakow
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0000000000000525
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , intensive care unit , copd , lung , exacerbation , respiratory failure , intensive care , population , surgery , radiology , intensive care medicine , environmental health
Point of care bedside ultrasound is widely utilized as a rapid technique to evaluate patients with acute pulmonary emergencies, including acute pneumothorax. The presence of a pneumothorax is a known cause of loss of lung sliding by ultrasound examination, but no other risk factors have been clearly identified. We attempted to identify demographic and patient characteristics that are risk factors for loss of ultrasonographic lung sliding in the absence of a pneumothorax.