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Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Thorax, Ultrasound, Education, Pathology
Authors:
A. M. Dee1, C. Caraiani1, O. Fufezan2; 1Cluj Napoca/RO, 2Cluj-Napoca/RO
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2014/C-1715
Background
For a long time now ultrasound has been known to be useful in diagnosing diseases of the plain organs (1).
Even if the lung has been until recently left aside by ultrasound,
it is becoming more and more clear that thoracic ultrasound can be a reliable technique in children.
Thoracic ultrasound is a safe,
fast,
non-invasive,
low-cost technique which can be easily used in pediatric care because it does not use ionising radiation.
In many clinical situations the use of ultrasound can avoid the use of thoracic X-ray or computed tomography and also provide by far faster relief for pacients with dyspnea (2) (pneumothorax,
severe pneumonia,
large pleural effusions,
etc).
The aim of this poster is to demonstrate thoracic pathology that can be diagnosed by the means of ultrasound.