Detection of Pneumothorax in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome—Lung Ultrasound Pitfalls
Konrad Mendrala,
Sylweriusz Kosiński,
Tomasz Czober,
Paweł Podsiadło,
Szymon Skoczyński,
Tomasz Darocha
Affiliations
Konrad Mendrala
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland
Sylweriusz Kosiński
Department of Intensive Interdisciplinary Therapy, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, 31-008 Krakow, Poland
Tomasz Czober
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland
Paweł Podsiadło
Department of Emergency Medicine, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland
Szymon Skoczyński
Department of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-055 Katowice, Poland
Tomasz Darocha
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland
Lung ultrasound is gaining popularity as a quick, easy, and accurate method for the detection of pneumothorax. The typical sonographic features of pneumothorax are the absence of lung sliding, the presence of a lung point, the absence of a lung pulse, and the absence of B-lines. However, we found that in some cases, each of these elements might be misleading.
