https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.982

A case of pulmonary edema: The critical role of lung-heart integrated ultrasound examination

Vol. 88 No. 3 (2018)
Submitted: July 18, 2018
Accepted: September 19, 2018
Published: October 1, 2018
Multi-organ ultrasound, point-of-care ultrasound, acute dyspnea, heart failure, cardiac tamponade.
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Alfonso Sforza
alfosfo@hotmail.it
CTO Hospital, Emergency Department, Italy.
Maria Viviana Carlino
CTO Hospital, Emergency Department, Italy.
Mario Guarino
CTO Hospital, Emergency Department, Italy.
Salvatore Russo
CTO Hospital, Emergency Department, Italy.
Giovanni Albano
Federico II University Hospital, Hypertension Research Center, UOC Emergency Medicine, Italy.
Fiorella Paladino
Cardarelli Hospital, Emergency Department, Italy.
Costantino Mancusi
Federico II University Hospital, Hypertension Research Center, UOC Emergency Medicine, Italy.

Cardiogenic pulmonary edema is a common presentation of acute heart failure normally treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), diuretics and nitrates. This therapy is contraindicated in case of cardiac tamponade. We describe a case of pulmonary edema due to cardiac tamponade in which integrated lung-heart ultrasound examination allowed prompt diagnosis and pericardiocentesis before administration of CPAP thus avoiding circulatory collapse.

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Sforza, Alfonso, Maria Viviana Carlino, Mario Guarino, Salvatore Russo, Giovanni Albano, Fiorella Paladino, and Costantino Mancusi. 2018. “A Case of Pulmonary Edema: The Critical Role of Lung-Heart Integrated Ultrasound Examination”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 88 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.982.

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