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    Lung ultrasound obtained using a curvilinear wireless ultrasound device paired with a smart phone. A-line pattern. Note the serial echogenic lines evenly spaced running parallel to the pleural line. This image depicts normal healthy lung obtained from the author.

    Photo Credit: Nathaniel Reisinger, MD

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    Lung ultrasound obtained using a curvilinear wireless ultrasound device paired with a smart phone. B-line pattern. Note the echogenic lines emanating from the pleural line and running deep to the edge of the image. This image is obtained from a young woman who presented with dyspnea and was found to have pulmonary edema due to volume overload related to advanced lupus nephritis. Following dialysis and ultrafiltration, the B-line pattern reverted to an A-line pattern. Reproduced with patient’s permission.

    Photo Credit: Nathaniel Reisinger, MD

Figure 1.

Lung ultrasound obtained using a curvilinear wireless ultrasound device paired with a smart phone. A-line pattern. Note the serial echogenic lines evenly spaced running parallel to the pleural line. This image depicts normal healthy lung obtained from the author.

Photo Credit: Nathaniel Reisinger, MD
Figure 2.

Lung ultrasound obtained using a curvilinear wireless ultrasound device paired with a smart phone. B-line pattern. Note the echogenic lines emanating from the pleural line and running deep to the edge of the image. This image is obtained from a young woman who presented with dyspnea and was found to have pulmonary edema due to volume overload related to advanced lupus nephritis. Following dialysis and ultrafiltration, the B-line pattern reverted to an A-line pattern. Reproduced with patient’s permission.

Photo Credit: Nathaniel Reisinger, MD
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Ultrasound: Demand It.

Nathaniel Reisinger Nathaniel Reisinger, MD, is a fellow with the Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania & Penn Presbyterian, Philadelphia.

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