Lung Point Case 3
45 year old male presents with left sided chest pain after scuba diving. What does the ultrasound show? Tiny pneumothorax and lung point
Category Ultrasound Library
Pneumothorax Case 5
A 36 year old woman presents with sharp left sided chest pain.
What do these clips of her left chest show?
Subcutaneous emphysema Case 1
An elderly patient with a history of mild COPD presents after falling onto a chair and hitting their chest. The presentation is with chest pain and shortness of breath. What does this scan demonstrate?
Lung ultrasound: Malignancy
Lung Malignancy Related Clinical Cases
Causes of Lung Collapse
Overview of the three major causes of lung collapse with internal links Clinical Cases
Mirror Image Artefacts
Mirror image artefact occur when ultrasound beam is not reflected directly back to the transducer after hitting a reflective surface
Comet tail artefact
Comet tail artefact is a short path reverberation artefact that weakens with each reverberation, resulting in a vertical echogenic artefact that rapidly fades as it continues in to the ultrasound image.
COPD Case 1 Lung Pulse
This patient has severe COPD and presents in extreme distress. An initial ultrasound is performed. What does this clip show?
Aortic Dissection Echocardiography
TOE is better than but TTE, but TTE can be performed first; TTE cannot exclude aortic dissection; TOE is comparable to CT and MRI for diagnostic accuracy
Ziro Kaneko
Ziro Kaneko (1915 – 1997) Japanese neuropsychiatrist. Pioneer in the field of Geriatric Psychiatry in Japan. Doppler Flowmeter (1960)
Pseudo lung point
Lung point errors on ultrasound. This video explains the difference between lung point and pseudo lung point.
Pulmonary Oedema Case 1
It is 8am and a 72 year old male is brought in by the paramedics. The patient is sitting upright, sweaty, and in severe respiratory distress.