Serial Lung Ultrasonography to Monitor Patient With Diffuse Alveolar Hemorhage. Issue 1 (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Buda, Natalia; Masiak, Anna; Smoleńska, Żaneta; Gałecka, Katarzyna; Porzezińska, Maria; Zdrojewski, Zbigniew
• Is Part Of: Ultrasound quarterly. Volume 33:Issue 1(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: lung ultrasonography -- diffuse alveolar haemorrhage -- connective tissuae disease; Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging -- Periodicals; 616.07543
• DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000259
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0894-8771

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) leads to acute respiratory failure. This is why it requires rapid diagnosis and implementation of appropriate treatment. The standard diagnosis of a patient with DAH includes laboratory tests, diagnostic imagining (X-ray of the chest, high-resolution computed tomography), and bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage. We present a description of 2 patients diagnosed with systemic connective tissue disease and DAH, monitored with the help of lung ultrasound. To our knowledge, this is the first description of the use of lung ultrasound in DAH in adult patients.