Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in the weaning process?

Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in the weaning process?

The Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool: A useful tool for pain assessment in intensive care units

Pain is a major concern in all intensive care units (ICUs). The proper assessment and management of pain is one of the main goals of patient care in ICUs. Improper evaluation of pain and its over or under treatment can cause significant problems in the process of patient management in ICU. Since most ICU patients are unable to communicate correctly with the ICU team and explain their level of p...

Endoscopic ultrasound: a useful tool to assess the mediastinum in patients with lung cancer?

ediastinal involvement either by direct invasion or by spread to lymph nodes is seen at diagnosis in up to 50% of patients with non-small cell lung cancer and has a significant impact on both treatment and prognosis. Ipsilateral or subcarinal lymph node involvement (N2 disease) is associated with a 5 year survival of 7–13% 1 and usually precludes resection, but may identify a subset of patients...

Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis

BACKGROUND Clinical assessment is the gold standard for diagnosis of bronchiolitis. To date, only one study found LUS (Lung Ultrasound) to be a valuable tool in the diagnosis of bronchiolitis. Aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of lung ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis in infants. METHODS This was an observational cohort study of infants admitted to o...

Endoscopic ultrasound guided aspiration cytology--a useful diagnostic tool.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic utility of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of mediastinal and abdominal lesions. METHODS Endoscopic ultrasound guided aspiration cytology was carried out on a total of 155 cases during the study period. The lesions were categorized according to the site of needle biopsy. Clinical impression and provisional diag...