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Lung Ultrasound: Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema vs ARDS
Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema:
 • Smooth pleural line
 • AIS >
Edema vs ARDS ... Edema: • Smooth ... edema / ARDS: ... UAlberta_Sono #APE #ARDS ... #pulmonary #edema
Lung POCUS with multiple B-lines representing pulmonary edema

Eric Abrams, MD @eabramsMD

#Edema #BLines #Lung #POCUS #clinical #Pulmonary
Lung POCUS with ... representing pulmonary ... edema Eric Abrams ... @eabramsMD #Edema ... #BLines #Lung #
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
sliding-must be pulm edema ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... edema, ARDS, interstitial ... diagnose Pulm Edema ... RJonesSonoEM #BLines
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Edema, Mucous Plugging ... Pneumothorax, Alveolar ... - Physiologic: ARDS ... , Diffuse Alveolar ... Edema, Alveolar
B-Lines on Lung POCUS

PE is LEAST likely to show B lines. Juxtaposition of fluid droplets &
B-Lines on Lung ... on US (alveolar ... incl ddx pulm edema ... , pna, ARDS, contusion ... & fibrosis #BLines
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
, pulmonary congestion ... disease, idiopathic pulmonary ... ” due to alveolar ... bronchiectasis due to pulmonary ... in a fibrotic alveolar
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... ) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... Progressing to diffuse alveolar ... involvement, with “white lung ... oedema due to heart
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... ) Cardiogenic Pulmonary ... Edema: - Widespread ... Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... sliding Pulmonary
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
edema due to heart ... non-cardiogenic edema ... flow, Kerley B-lines ... infection, ARDS ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with ARDS. 
There is alveolar edema in both lungs. 
Notice that
a patient with ARDS ... There is alveolar ... edema in both lungs ... #Alveolar #Edema ... #RadiologyAssistant