Journal of Nephrology Advances
Open Access
Bedside Lung Ultrasound in the Assessment of Volume Status in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
May 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-4488.jna-15-720
Ghita El BardaiCorresponding author
Introduction: Sonographic B-lines, also known as lung comets, have been shown to correlate with the presence of extravascular lung water. The aim of this study is to assess if chest ultrasound could detect lung water imbibition and its variations induced by dialysis, an experimental model of control…