Lung ultrasound in emergency resuscitation is a technique that can help doctors quickly identify abnormalities occurring in the pleura and lungs such as collapsed lungs, pneumothorax, pleural effusion...

Pneumonia is one of the most common diseases in children. Symptoms of pneumonia in children are very diverse. Therefore, diagnosing pneumonia in children is quite complicated. Instead of using X-rays that can increase X-ray exposure for children, modern medicine has used ultrasound in diagnosing pneumonia in children to increase safety and accuracy.

Pleural ultrasound has long been used to diagnose lung diseases from the chest wall, pleura, mediastinum to lung parenchyma. In particular, the strength of this imaging diagnostic method is the diagnosis of effusion and pleural biopsy. So in which cases is a patient indicated for pleural ultrasound?

Pneumonia is an infection that causes inflammation in the lungs. It can be caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, or microbes. Ultrasound, CT/MRI scans, and biopsies are procedures that evaluate the lungs and lung function to determine the disease and type of germ causing pneumonia.

Lung cancer is a dangerous disease with a high mortality rate. However, if the disease is diagnosed and treated early, the prognosis is quite good. Currently, there are many methods to diagnose lung cancer such as computed tomography, PET, brain MRI/CT, biopsy, endobronchial ultrasound. Treatment options depend on the severity of the disease, including surgery, radiotherapy and systemic therapy or a combination of methods.

Dyspnea is a feeling that makes the patient breathe abnormally, uncomfortable when breathing, more seriously, breathing is difficult. Dyspnea symptoms occur due to many causes, causing difficulties in diagnosis and treatment, especially for patients with acute, severe dyspnea. To assess the initial condition, the doctor will order a lung ultrasound in patients with dyspnea.

Currently, lung ultrasound is considered the "gold standard" bedside examination in emergency resuscitation to help quickly identify lung abnormalities such as collapsed lung or pneumothorax, effusion, hemothorax, etc. So what are the other roles of lung ultrasound in emergency and cardiac resuscitation?

To predict and treat pleural fluid, fluid assessment is very important. We must assess whether the fluid is free or localized, exudative or transudative, purulent or bloody, whether the fluid is in a bedridden patient or not, whether the fluid is in a person with lung or pleural cancer or not, etc. From there, we can assess the level of impact on respiratory function. In the following article, we will introduce some ways to measure the amount of free pleural fluid on ultrasound.