This monography is describing the basic principles of use of chest ultrasound for clinical chest physicians who take care of diagnostic and therapy of intrathoracic and chest wall pathologies. The book is divided into the three chapters.
First part desrcibes basic terminology of ultrasound artefacts visible in chest pathologie and its use in differential diagnosis of acute dyspnea. Second part describes the principals of endobronchial endoscopic ultrasound.
The third part explains the basic tips and tricks in echocardiography at intensive care unit and emergency clinical situations.