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Imaging the LRT: Tricks of the Trade
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Thoracic ultrasound can be readily performed with standard ultrasound equipment [1,2]. Indications include fever of unknown origin, poor response to therapy for influenza, failure to thrive and clinical findings consistent with lower respiratory tract (LRT) disease. Ultrasound is a valuable complement to radiography and is often the only modality available to field practitioners. Advantages include detection of small effusions, characterisation of pleural fluid, visualisation of lung parenchyma through effusion and lack of radiation exposure. While abnormal lung must extend to the pleural surface to be visible, many radiographic lesions are detectable with ultrasound ...
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Whitcomb, M. (2015) “Imaging the LRT: Tricks of the Trade”, BEVA - Annual Congress - Liverpool, 2015. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/beva/beva-annual-congress-liverpool-2015/imaging-lrt-tricks-of-trade (Accessed: 17 June 2024).
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