An easy ultrasonographic diagnosis of pneumoniain Emergency roomBahjat Barakat, Raffaele Pezzilli

Department of Emergency, Department of Internal Medicine, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Lung bedside ultrasound is a reliable, rapid and non-invasive technique in particular the rapidity of execution of this exa-mination will appear very relevant for the emergency and critical area, especially if it is compared to the time required to ob-tain the results of radiologic surveys.

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Fig. 1. Ultrasonographic (US) appearance of irregular sub-pleural hypoechogenic area with many hyperechogenicspots, evidence of dinamic air bronchograms.

Fig. 3. CT scan extensive parenchymal consolidation withair bronchogram aspects confirming both US and chest x-rayresults.

Fig. 2. Chest x-ray showing parenchymal focal opacity withblurred margin higher confirming the US diagnosis of pneu-monia.

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