Critical care ultrasonography in acute respiratory failure
ncbi.nlm.nih.govCCUS combining CCE and chest ultrasonography rapidly provides valuable information in patients presenting with ARF. A pragmatic and systematic applied protocol may first evaluate how aerated is the lung and whether there is pulmonary edema. CCE helps the physician in identifying the cause of poor lung aeration or lung edema, and in assessing LV filling pressure and ventricular function.