The Open Critical Care Medicine Journal

2010, 3 : 21-25
Published online 2010 July 15. DOI: 10.2174/1874828701003010021
Publisher ID: TOCCMJ-3-21

Lung Ultrasonography

Babak Hakimisefat and Babak Hakimisefat
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, USA.

ABSTRACT

Lung ultrasonography has excellent utility for the diagnosis of various thoracic diseases. It is easy to learn and has become attractive to intensivist and pulmonary physicians. This section will review key components of lung ultrasonography.

The authors note that Dr. Daniel Lichtenstein is responsible for the major developments of lung ultrasonography. He published a series of landmark studies in 1990’s that defined all of the elements of the field; in addition, he developed the basic semiology of lung ultrasonography.

Keywords:

Lung sliding, A-lines, B-Lines, Alveolar consolidation, Lung point, application of lung ultrasonography.