Point-of-care lung ultrasound for the detection of pulmonary manifestations of malaria and sepsis: An observational study.
Stije J LeopoldAniruddha GhoseKatherine A PlewesSubash MazumderLuigi PisaniHugh W F KingstonSujat PaulAnupam BaruaM Abdus SattarMichaëla A M HusonAndrew P WaldenPatricia C HenwoodElisabeth D RivielloMarcus J SchultzNicholas P J DayAsok Kumar DuttaNicholas J WhiteArjen M DondorpPublished in: PloS one (2018)
This study demonstrates the potential usefulness of point-of-care lung ultrasound to detect lung abnormalities in patients with malaria or sepsis in a resource-constrained hospital setting. LUS was highly feasible and allowed to accurately identify patients at risk of death in a resource limited setting.