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An easy ultrasonographic diagnosis of pneumonia
in Emergency room
Bahjat Barakat, Raffaele Pezzilli

Department of Emergency, Department of Internal Medicine, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Lung bedside ultrasound is a reliable, rapid and non-invasive technique in particular the rapidity of execution of this exa-
mination will appear very relevant for the emergency and critical area, especially if it is compared to the time required to ob-
tain the results of radiologic surveys.

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Fig. 1. Ultrasonographic (US) appearance of irregular sub-
pleural hypoechogenic area with many hyperechogenic
spots, evidence of dinamic air bronchograms.

Fig. 3. CT scan extensive parenchymal consolidation with
air bronchogram aspects confirming both US and chest x-ray
results.

Fig. 2. Chest x-ray showing parenchymal focal opacity with
blurred margin higher confirming the US diagnosis of pneu-
monia.

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