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1️⃣(Left) Ultrasound waves reflected at the pleural line creating A-line reverberation artifacts.🫁

#lungultrasound

#ICU #CriticalCare #IntensiveCare #IntensiveCarecommunity #FOAM #JCardenas_MD #MICU #CICU @JCardenas_MD
2️⃣(Center) As the interstitium thickens, the artifact pattern changes, with B-line artifacts obliterating A-lines. B-lines are hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line extending to the bottom of the field of view. 🫁

#lungultrasound
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🏷️ Respiratory insufficiency- primary cause for admission to CICU.
🏷️ Liberation from IMV in CICU- needs careful planning and evaluation
🏷️ Research incorporating unique CICU population will better define optimal treatment paradigms
🏷️ SBTs physiologically demanding
🔥 prior Volume & BP optimization is key
🏷️ ongoing vasopressor use not a CI
🏷️ ensure arrhythmias quiescent
🏷️ identify respiratory failure signs during SBT
🏷️ common modalities used:
T-piece, CPAP, PS; low level PS most common in #CICU
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