How do you recommend incorporating B-lines on lung POCUS as part of evaluating a patient's volume status?
In particular, how do you reconcile situations where lung POCUS findings contradict other components of volume assessment (e.g. JVD, peripheral edema, labs, chest X-ray, etc.)?
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Hospital Medicine · Oregon Health and Science University
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Great question!
As you allude to in your question, it is important to address this problem holistically in the context of the patient's history, exam, labs, and other imaging. I find that this happens all of the time, and here is how I typically break them down when applying lung ultrasound.
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