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Gustav Smith, MD, PhD

Gustav Smith

Associate professor

Gustav Smith, MD, PhD

Lungultraljud – en uppseglande metod vid dyspné och hjärtsvikt

Lung ultrasound promising method for assessing acute dyspnea and monitoring decompensated heart failure

Author

  • Caroline Heijl
  • Arash Mokhtari
  • Ashkan Labaf
  • Eric Dryver
  • Lill Blomqwist
  • J. Gustav Smith

Summary, in English

Ultrasound plays an important role in several medical fields. The heart was the first organ for which ultrasound gained clinical utility, followed by obstetric and gynecological applications. Shortly thereafter, abdominal organs and blood vessels became targets for ultrasound examination. The lung was long considered inaccessible for ultrasound due to its high air content. Work since the 1990s has however established a role for lung ultrasound, in leveraging several technical artefacts generated in the normal lung and in conditions with reduced air content, to allow rapid diagnosis of interstitial fluid accumulation, pneumothorax, pneumonia among others. In this article, we provide an overview of the potential of lung ultrasound, particularly as a promising method for assessment of patients presenting with acute dyspnea in the emergency department and for monitoring residual fluid in patients with decompensated heart failure. We also discuss limitations and caveats of the method.

Department/s

  • Cardiology
  • Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
  • WCMM-Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine
  • Heart Failure and Mechanical Support
  • Cardiovascular Epigenetics
  • EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
  • EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden
  • Molecular Epidemiology and Cardiology

Publishing year

2021-06-08

Language

Swedish

Publication/Series

Lakartidningen

Volume

118

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Swedish Medical Association

Topic

  • Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems

Status

Published

Research group

  • Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Heart Failure and Mechanical Support
  • Cardiovascular Epigenetics
  • Molecular Epidemiology and Cardiology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0023-7205