Thoracic ultrasound: it's not all about the pleura

Affiliations

¹ Department of Acute Medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK.
² Department of Acute Medicine, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, UK.
³ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals, Shrewsbury, UK.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK.
⁵ Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, UK.

Comment

Andrew Walden et al. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2018.

. 2018 Oct 1;5(1):e000354.

doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2018-000354. eCollection 2018.

¹ Department of Acute Medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK.
² Department of Acute Medicine, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, UK.
³ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals, Shrewsbury, UK.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK.
⁵ Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: imaging/CT MRI etc; pleural disease.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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