Diaphragmatic ultrasound cannot replace medical reasoning

Affiliations

¹ Department of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, North Hospital, AP-HM, Aix-Marseille university, chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille cedex, France. Electronic address: laurent.ZIELESKIEWICZ@ap-hm.fr.
² Service d'anesthésie réanimation, CHU de Dijon, LNC UMRS866, université Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France.

Editorial

Laurent Zieleskiewicz et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;36(1):1-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2016.09.001.

¹ Department of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, North Hospital, AP-HM, Aix-Marseille university, chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille cedex, France. Electronic address: laurent.ZIELESKIEWICZ@ap-hm.fr.
² Service d'anesthésie réanimation, CHU de Dijon, LNC UMRS866, université Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France.

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Keywords: Diaphragmatic ultrasound; Lung ultrasound; Point of care ultrasound; Weaning.

Comment on

Ultrasonographic diaphragmatic excursion is inaccurate and not better than the MRC score for predicting weaning-failure in mechanically ventilated patients.
Carrie C, Gisbert-Mora C, Bonnardel E, Gauche B, Biais M, Vargas F, Hilbert G. Carrie C, et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2017 Feb;36(1):9-14. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2016.05.009. Epub 2016 Sep 16. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2017. PMID: 27647376