Erschienen in:
01.03.2020 | Commentary
Critical remarks to ‘Pediatric lung ultrasound — pros and potentials’
verfasst von:
Paolo Tomà
Erschienen in:
Pediatric Radiology
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Ausgabe 3/2020
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Excerpt
Jovan Lovrenski states [
1] that “Aside from subpleural consolidations, lung US is very much based on artifacts, such as A- and B-lines,” but this aspect is poorly discussed in his article. The author, for example, says that pneumonia can be seen on lung ultrasound (US) as “focal confluent B-lines” without consolidation. I am perplexed and doubt such a pattern on lung US (without consolidations) allows the diagnosis of pneumonia without using traditional imaging. …