TY - JOUR AU - Copetti, Roberto AU - Soldati, Gino AU - Copetti, Paolo PY - 2008 DA - 2008/04/29 TI - Chest sonography: a useful tool to differentiate acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema from acute respiratory distress syndrome JO - Cardiovascular Ultrasound SP - 16 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Differential diagnosis between acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (APE) and acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) may often be difficult. We evaluated the ability of chest sonography in the identification of characteristic pleuropulmonary signs useful in the diagnosis of ALI/ARDS and APE. SN - 1476-7120 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-6-16 DO - 10.1186/1476-7120-6-16 ID - Copetti2008 ER -