ArticleInternal and emergency medicine2018
Lung ultrasound in internal medicine efficiently drives the management of patients with heart failure and speeds up the discharge time.
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Effects of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Multidisciplinary Medical Wards
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effect of a Multiorgan Focused Clinical Ultrasonography on Length of Stay in Patients Admitted With a Cardiopulmonary Diagnosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2021Trial
- Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use and Barriers Among Adult Hospitalists at an Academic Center.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
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- Association between lung fluid levels estimated by remote dielectric sensing and lung ultrasound in patients with heart failure.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Advances in Congestion Assessment in Decompensated Heart Failure.Cardiac failure review · 2026Review
- Lung ultrasound in nephrology: Basics, applications, limitations, and future directions.World journal of nephrology · 2025Review
- Demonstrating Feasibility of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)-Guided Inpatient Transthoracic Echo Triage Decision Pathway.POCUS journal · 2025Article
- The Prevalence of Systemic Venous Congestion Post Kidney Transplant Detected by Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS).POCUS journal · 2025Article
- Ultrasound imaging of congestion in heart failure: a narrative review.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2025Review
- Role of VATS-US in identifying and characterizing pulmonary nodules: a narrative review.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Review
- Assessing the clinical relevance of point-of-care ultrasound for hospitalists: Influence on clinical reasoning and decision-making.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Role of NT-proBNP and lung ultrasound in diagnosing and classifying heart failure in a hospitalized oldest-old population: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Bedside Clinical Hand-held Ultrasound in an Internal Medicine Department: The "Bed Med-Us" Experience of Codogno and its Clinical Utility in the Management of Diagnosis and Therapy in 1007 Patients.Ultrasound international open · 2024Article
- Effect of a Point-of-Care Ultrasound-Driven vs Standard Diagnostic Pathway on 24-Hour Hospital Stay in Emergency Department Patients with Dyspnea-Protocol for A Randomized Controlled Trial.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2024Article
- Advancing healthcare through thoracic ultrasound research in older patients.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Review
- Lung ultrasound in acute and chronic heart failure: a clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI).European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging · 2023Article
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Abstract
Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a valid tool for the assessment of heart failure (HF) through the quantification of the B-lines. This study in HF patients aims to evaluate if LUS: (1) can accelerate the discharge time; (2) can efficiently drive diuretic therapy dosage; and (3) may have better performance compared to the amino-terminal portion of B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels in monitoring HF recovery. A consecutive sample of 120 HF patients was admitted from the Emergency Department (ED) to the Internal Medicine Department (Verona University Hospital). The Chest X-ray (CXR) group underwent standard CXR examination on admission and discharge. The LUS group underwent LUS on admission, 24, 48 and 72 h later, and on discharge. The Inferior Cava Vein Collapsibility Index, ICVCI, and the NT-proBNP were assessed. LUS discharge time was significantly shorter if compared to CXR group (p < 0.01). During hospitalization, the LUS group underwent an increased number of diuretic dosage modulations compared to the CXR group (p < 0.001). There was a stronger association between partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO
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