Heart failure, sedation, intubation, anaphylaxis & cardiac arrest; EBM updates in Resuscitation
The Resus Room
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Ultrasound for Diagnosing Acute Heart Failure
This chapter explores the use of ultrasound to diagnose acute heart failure, highlighting a recent systematic review that found positive B lines on a chest ultrasound scan to have a high positive likelihood ratio and negative likelihood ratio. The presence or absence of B lines significantly affects the probability of acute heart failure and the chapter mentions the limitations of using chest x-rays to detect B lines.
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