Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Non-Expandable Lung: A Prospective Observational Study of M-Mode, B-Mode, and 2D-Shear Wave Elastography.
Jesper Koefod PetersenKatrine FjaellegaardDaniel B RasmussenGitte AlstrupAsbjørn HøegholmJatinder Singh SidhuPradeesh SivapalanOke GerkeRahul BhatnagarPaul Frost ClementsenChristian B LaursenUffe BødtgerPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
M-mode measurement of lung movement shows promise in diagnosing NEL before thoracentesis in patients with known or suspected MPE. A validation cohort is needed to confirm the results.