Lung ultrasound has rapidly emerged as a reliable technique for evaluating various thoracic diseases. However, its use to serially monitor and screen patients with underlying pulmonary pathology has been limited. The current article describes the applications of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of various lung diseases. It is evident that computed tomography remains the gold standard for the detection of pneumothorax and other thoracic conditions.
However, it requires transportation of patients out of the clinical area further compromising their hemodynamic stability and delaying the diagnosis. Therefore, the portable point of care ultrasound machines now allows a rapid evaluation of a critically ill patient, at the bedside. These advantages along with low cost and ease of use , have allowed thoracic sonography to become a beneficial modality in many clinical settings. Several studies…
