Publications by authors named "Andrew N Kobylivker"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess if novice emergency physicians could effectively use lung ultrasonography to identify B-lines after a short training session, and to evaluate the tool's diagnostic accuracy for acute heart failure syndrome (AHFS) in patients with unexplained shortness of breath.
- The research involved emergency medicine residents who, after a 30-minute training course, conducted lung ultrasounds on patients experiencing acute dyspnea, comparing their findings against an expert's interpretation.
- The results indicated that the inexperienced sonographers had a sensitivity of 85% and specificity of 84% in detecting B-lines, showing that they performed relatively well in identifying signs related to AHFS.
