Serkan YILMAZ, Nurettin Özgür DOĞAN, Murat PEKDEMİR, Elif YAKA, Hüseyin ACAR, Asım Enes ÖZBEK

Evaluation of the Diagnostic Role of Bedside Lung Ultrasonography in Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department

Background: Despite the existence of detailedconsensus guidelines, challenges remain regardingefficient, appropriate, and safe imaging methods for thediagnosis of suspected pulmonary embolism.Aims: To investigate the role of the wedge sign, B-lines,and pleural effusion seen on bedside lung ultrasound inthe diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.Study Design: Diagnostic accuracy study.Methods: During the first evaluation of patients withsuspected pulmonary embolism, bedside lung ultrasoundwas performed, and the B-lines, wedge sign, and pleuraleffusion were investigated. Computed tomographyangiography was used as a confirmatory test and wascompared with the lung ultrasound findings.Results: Pulmonary embolism was detected in 38 (38%)patients. In the comparison of bedside lung ultrasoundresults, statistically significant differences were foundbetween the groups in terms of the B-lines and wedgesign (p=0.005 and p

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