Role of Point-of-Care Lung and Inferior Vena Cava Ultrasound in Clinical Decisions for Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Symptoms of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure.
Fakiye HacıalioğullarıFevzi YılmazAykut YılmazBedriye Müge SönmezTayfun Anıl DemirMehmet Akif KaradaşMurat DuyanGizem AyazMetin ÖzdemirPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)
In the ED setting, an assessment of B-lines and measurement of IVC diameters are better markers than the B-type natriuretic peptide level, EF, or chest x-ray for diagnosis of ADHF and can be used to make decisions for hospitalization or discharge from the ED.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- inferior vena cava
- heart failure
- ejection fraction
- pulmonary embolism
- end stage renal disease
- liver failure
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- vena cava
- prognostic factors
- atrial fibrillation
- adverse drug
- computed tomography
- physical activity
- sleep quality
- depressive symptoms
- hepatitis b virus
- acute respiratory distress syndrome