{"id":9636,"date":"2019-11-16t18:08:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-16t07:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.iolishoes.com\/?page_id=9636"},"modified":"2021-08-20t22:15:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20t12:15:46","slug":"lung-normal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/\/www.iolishoes.com\/lung-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"lung normal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
important:<\/strong> ultrasound cannot penetrate an air-filled lung, so we can not say a lung is normal.<\/p> we can exclude or suggest some pathologies with accuracy but cannot penetrate a lung enough to say it is normal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t this image of a river is similar to a lung.<\/strong><\/p> pleura<\/strong><\/em><\/p> lung<\/strong><\/em><\/p> airways<\/strong><\/em><\/p> from trachea to periphery-<\/p> \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t basic lung and pleura anatomy. basic lung and airway anatomy.<\/span> pulmonary blood circulation diagram ultrasound lung at costal cartilage<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t lung ultrasound using a linear transducer demonstrating a-lines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t lung ultrasound using a curvilinear probe.<\/p> oblique to the ribs so no defined rib shadow is present.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t m-mode for documenting pneumothorax<\/strong><\/em><\/p> important: if the patient is not taking a reasonable breath, the lung will not slide giving a false positive for pneumothorax.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t normal lung m-mode ultrasound. m mode ultrasound of a pneumothorax with the barcode sign.<\/span>limitations<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/span>basic anatomy<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
ref: openstax college, cc by 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0>, via wikimedia commons<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
ref: national heart lung and blood institute, public domain, via wikimedia commons<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
ref: by artwork by holly fischer – www.open.umich.edu\/education\/med\/resources\/second-look-series\/materials – respiratory tract slide 20, cc by 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
the chest wall remains stationary (row of waves).
the pleural surface moves with breathing (beach)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
the chest wall and lung show the same immobile flat-line reading.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t