Point-of-care lung ultrasound for the detection of pulmonary manifestations of malaria and sepsis: An observational study.

Point-of-care lung ultrasound for the detection of pulmonary manifestations of malaria and sepsis: An observational study.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Patients with severe malaria or sepsis are at risk of developing life-threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The objective of this study was to evaluate point-of-care lung ultrasound as a novel tool to determine the prevalence and early signs of ARDS...

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Main Authors: Stije J Leopold, Aniruddha Ghose, Katherine A Plewes, Subash Mazumder, Luigi Pisani, Hugh W F Kingston, Sujat Paul, Anupam Barua, M Abdus Sattar, Michaëla A M Huson, Andrew P Walden, Patricia C Henwood, Elisabeth D Riviello, Marcus J Schultz, Nicholas P J Day, Asok Kumar Dutta, Nicholas J White, Arjen M Dondorp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204832

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204832

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