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- Title
Assessment of Pulmonary Circulation of Critically Ill Patients Based on Critical Care Ultrasound.
- Authors
Gong, Shiyi; Ding, Xin; Wang, Xiaoting
- Abstract
Pulmonary circulation is crucial in the human circulatory system, facilitating the oxygenation of blood as it moves from the right heart to the lungs and then to the left heart. However, during critical illness, pulmonary microcirculation can be vulnerable to both intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary injuries. To assess these potential injuries in critically ill patients, critical point-of-care ultrasound can be used to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate the right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, lung, pulmonary vein, and left atrium along the direction of blood flow. This assessment is particularly valuable for common ICU diseases such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis, pulmonary hypertension, and cardiogenic pulmonary edema. It has significant potential for diagnosing and treating these conditions in critical care medicine.
- Subjects
PULMONARY circulation; CARDIOVASCULAR system; CRITICALLY ill; RIGHT heart atrium; ADULT respiratory distress syndrome
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024, Vol 13, Issue 3, p722
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm13030722