Congestion, related to pressure and/or fluid overload, plays a central role in the
pathophysiology, presentation and prognosis of heart failure and is an important therapeutic …

Adequate assessment of fluid status is an imperative objective in the management of all
types of patients in cardiology, intensive care, and especially nephrology. Fluid overload is …

Shortness of breath is a major reason that patients present to the emergency department
(ED) and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been shown to aid in diagnosis, particularly …

Lung ultrasound (LUS) was introduced to intensive care units and emergency departments
more than 20 years ago, primarily as a tool for the assessment of patients with acute …

A growing amount of evidence prompts us to update the first version of recommendations for
lung ultrasound in internal medicine (POLLUS-IM) that was published in 2018. The …

The advent of portable devices in the early 80s has brought ultrasonography to the patient's
bedside. Currently referred to as 'point of care ultrasonography'(POCUS), it has become an …

The initial events in cardiogenic pulmonary edema involve hemodynamic pulmonary
congestion with high capillary pressures. This causes increased fluid transfer out of …

Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
typically develop dyspnea and pulmonary congestion upon exercise. Lung ultrasound is a …

Aims Lung ultrasound B‐lines are the sonographic sign of pulmonary congestion and can
be used in the differential diagnosis of dyspnoea to rule in or rule out acute heart failure …

Background Residual congestion detected using handheld ultrasound may be associated
with increased risk of readmission and death after hospitalization for acute decompensated …