Pulmonary Ultrasonography
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چکیده
Th e article by Bataille et al 1 in CHEST (December 2014) represents a signifi cant advancement in the fi eld, not least because it demonstrates that lung ultrasonography (LUS) has serious limitations in patients with acute respiratory failure and that thoracic ultrasonography (TUS), which includes echocardiography, is preferable. Nevertheless, even if we consider Descartes’ observation that perfect numbers, like perfect men, are very rare, we wonder what numerical grounds there are for claiming that TUS could disambiguate cases of hemodynamic pulmonary edema and pneumonia. 1 Is this conundrum solved with the aid of careful physical examination?
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