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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 March;84(3):398-408

DOI: 10.23736/S0375-9393.17.12264-9

Copyright © 2017 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Lung ultrasonography and echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit: a combined and practical approach

Antoine VIEILLARD-BARON ^{1, 2} ✉, Paul MAYO ³

¹ Unit of Medical-Surgical Intensive Care, Ambroise Paré University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt, France; ² INSERM U-1018, CESP, Team 5, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Villejuif, France; ³ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Northshore/Long Island Jewish Medical Centers, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, USA

This article describes some practical applications of critical care ultrasonography that are of interest to the frontline intensivist. Instead of presenting a standard state of the art review article, we present 3 typical clinical cases where combined echocardiography, lung ultrasonography, and other ultrasonography techniques were helpful to the critical care team. The manuscript includes a variety figures and video clips that illustrate the utility of critical care ultrasonography in guiding diagnosis and management of the critically ill patient.

KEY WORDS: Ultrasonography - Echocardiography - Critical care - Lung