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Turning the world of critical care upside down one ultrasound scan at a time
Mar 13, 2020 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
Pre-test and post-test probability for diagnosis (ping @Aidan_Baron) used:
B-lines are an unusual lung ultrasound finding outside of heart failure and dialysis with acute dyspnoea.
Which leaves acute pneumonitis.
If they have #CORVID19 symptoms and B-lines diagnosis highly likely
B-line numbers correlate with pathology severity in all diagnoses. More B-lines≊worse disease.
Can be used for severity assessment (triage) & afterwards response to therapies. #CORVID19 also displays sub-pleural consolidation—easy to spot (ping @icmteaching@Wilkinsonjonny).
