Lung ultrasound allows the diagnosis of weaning-induced pulmonary oedema
- 12 March 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 45 (5), 601-608
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05573-6
Abstract
Detecting weaning-induced pulmonary oedema (WIPO) is important because its treatment might prompt extubation. For this purpose, lung ultrasound might be an attractive tool, since it demonstrates pulmonary oedema through the appearance of B-lines.Keywords
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