Asian Hospital & Healthcare Management - Issue 51

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DIAGNOSTICS

Recommendations for Lung Ultrasound in Internal Medicine Lung ultrasound as a diagnostic method of lung diseases has been rapidly developing for several decades. It is the first imaging study with such a wide range of mobility. Ultrasound diagnosis of lung diseases of patients of all ages is increasingly used in medical practice. In order to systematise knowledge in this field, it was necessary to create recommendations on lung ultrasound. Natalia Buda, Department of Internal Medicine, Connective Tissue Diseases and Geriatrics, Medical University of Gdansk Wojciech Kosiak, Department of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Gdansk PawełAndruszkiewicz, Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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ung ultrasonography is a diagnostic tool known for several decades. It owes its popularity to the work of many clinicians who use this method of lung imaging on a daily basis in their medical practice with diagnostic successes. Despite the long history of the use of ultrasound in medicine, the lungs did not constitute an attractive medium for propagating the ultrasound wave. The air in the lungs causes the ultrasound wave to be strongly reflected and prevents ‘looking’ into the lung. The result of this valuable observation was the general view


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