This study assesses the potential of lung ultrasonography to diagnose heart failure.
Dyspnea is one of the most distressing situations for the patient . Emergency cases do not always present in conditions that are ideal for immediate diagnosis, which sometimes compromises outcome. Physical examination, laboratory findings and radiography are imperfect, resulting in a need for sophisticated test results that delay management. Lung ultrasonography is becoming a standard tool in critical cases in the ED. the investigators aim to perform ultrasonography on consecutive patients admitted to the ICU with dyspnea, comparing lung ultrasonography results on initial presentation with the final diagnosis by the ICU team. Three items were assessed: artifacts (horizontal A lines or vertical B lines indicating interstitial syndrome), lung sliding, and alveolar consolidation and/or pleural effusion, these items were grouped to assess ultrasound profiles. This study assesses the potential of lung ultrasonography to diagnose heart failure.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
600
we perform a lung ultrasound to all the patients admitted for dyspnea independantly from the final diagnosis
Emergency department of university hospital Fattouma Bourguiba of Monastir
Monastir, Tunisia
the accuracy of LUS in the diagnosis of heart failure
the accuracy of LUS in the diagnosis of heart failure measured by sensitivity ,specificity, and area under the roc curve
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