Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assessment of Whiteout Lung in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015 Dec;31(12):872-5. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000635.

Abstract

Point-of-care ultrasound is being used more frequently in pediatric emergency medicine departments. It has become an important adjunct for clinical diagnoses and procedural guidance. We present a case series of 3 patients who presented to a pediatric emergency department and on chest radiographs had whiteout lung. Point-of-care ultrasound was able to differentiate fluid from consolidation, facilitating the appropriate investigations and interventions for these children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Point-of-Care Systems*
  • Ultrasonography