Diagnostic utility of lung echography for congestive heart failure performed by junior resident doctors

Abstract Background Dyspnea is a high priority symptom in the emergency department, with heart failure (HF) as one of its leading causes. Recently, the “comet tail sign (CTS),” a pulmonary ultrasonographic sign, has been proposed as an efficacious tool for detecting pulmonary edema. However, to the...

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Main Authors: Keiki Nagaharu, Natsumi Tsumura, Toshiyuki Itoh, Tetsuya Murata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-11-01
Series:Journal of General and Family Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.575