A view into a chest and pleural pathology

Thematic Poster
Chairs: Reinhard Kubale (Pirmasens, Germany), Lavinia Davidescu (Oradea/Bihor, Romania)

Role of chest ultrasonography in prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia Davis Kizhakkepeedika Rennis (Thrissur (Kerala), India), Davis Kizhakkepeedika Rennis, Anas Muhammed
Ultrasound characteristics of community acquired pneumonia in children Vojko Berce (Murska Sobota, Slovenia), Vojko Berce, Maja Tomazin, Brigita Koren
Ultrasound-guided transthoracic biopsy of the peripheral lung tumors-why do we need it? Lavinia Davidescu (Oradea/Bihor, Romania), Lavinia Davidescu, Dumitru Dragnea, Ruxandra Ulmeanu, Dana Olar
The risk of pneumothorax in ultrasonographic guided transthoracic lung biopsy Lavinia Davidescu (Oradea/Bihor, Romania), Lavinia Davidescu, Dumitru Dragnea, Ruxandra Ulmeanu, Dana Olar, Alina Popa
Ultrasonic assessment of accessory respiratory muscles (RM) in young men and women with joint hypermobility Lemeschewskij Alexandr (Minsk, Belarus), Lemeschewskij Alexandr, Lemiasheuskaya Sviatlana, Alekseev Sergey, Makarevich Alexandr
Ηypoechogenicity Ιndex (HI) as a novel, pleural effusions’ grayscale sonographic parameter and its correlation with fluid’s analysis results Alexander Kalkanis (Larissa, Greece), Alexander Kalkanis, Charalampos Varsamas, George Vavougios, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis
B lines:Role of chest sonography in assessment of bronchiectasis Mohamed Barakat (Assiut, Egypt), Mohamed Barakat
Study of prevalence & ultrasonographic characteristics of carotid plaques in patients with COPD: An Indian perspective Manas Mengar (Mumbai, India), Manas Mengar, Madhav Kale, Parag Khatavkar, Kedar Korde
Possible use of chest ultrasonography in asbestos related lung diseases Andrea Smargiassi (Rome, Italy), Andrea Smargiassi, Giuliana Pasciuto, Ilaria Pedicelli, Erminia Lo Greco, Mariarosaria Calvello, Riccardo Inchingolo, Gioacchino Schifino, Patrizio Capoluongo, Pasquale Patriciello, Maurizio Manno, Alfonso Cirillo, Gino Soldati, Ivo Iavicoli
Use of a calcium sensitizer to improve diaphragmatic motility in difficult weaning Lucia Morelli (Naples, Italy), Lucia Morelli, Claudia Serra, Mario Guarino, Fabio Numis, Ilaria Vernoni, Imma Cortile, Luisa Isabella Siniscalchi, Rita Lebano
Ultrasound assessment of diaphragmatic function in subjects with COPD Marco Rossetti (Rome, Italy), Marco Rossetti, Paolo Marinelli, Irene Turinese, Marcello Di Paolo, Matteo Bonini, Paolo Palange
Accuracy and clinical impact of point-of-care lung ultrasound performed by respiratory physicians Giuseppe Francesco Sferrazza Papa (Milan, Italy), Giuseppe Francesco Sferrazza Papa, Michele Mondoni, Giovanni Volpicelli, Paolo Carlucci, Fabiano Di Marco, Elena Maria Parazzini, Francesca Reali, Giulia Michela Pellegrino, Paola Fracasso, Simone Sferrazza Papa, Livio Colombo, Stefano Centanni
Unindustrial asbestosis of pleura Victor Kolosov (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russian Federation), Anatoliy Lenshin, Victor Kolosov, Andrey Il’in, Juliy Perelman
Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) usage in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) in Queen Elizabeth Hospital Vasiliki Tsampasian (Kings Lynn, United Kingdom), Mitra Sadeghi, Vasiliki Tsampasian, Arun Arya
Association of esophageal dilatation in chest CT scan with gastroesophageal reflux disease: A case control study Hanieh Raji (Ahvaz, Islamic Republic of Iran), Hanieh Raji, Seyed Ali JavadMoosavi, Seyed Jalal Hashemi, Esmaeil Idani, Ali Javaherfouroushzadeh
Utility of high-resolution computed tomography for the rapid diagnosis of sputum smear and PCR-negative pulmonary tuberculosis Jae Seuk Park (Chonan, Republic of Korea), Jae Seuk Park, Ku Hyun Hong, Doh Hyung Kim
Do doctors understand the test characteristics of lung cancer screening? – A randomized trial Georg-Christian Funk (Wien, Austria), Richard Schmidt, Robab Breyer-Kohansal, Marie Kathrin Breyer, Matthias Urban, Georg-Christian Funk
Profile and nodule characteristics of patients with incidental solid pulmonary nodules Georgia Hardavella (London, United Kingdom), Apheera Hussain, Anum Azhar, Shohidul Islam, Georgia Hardavella, Sujal Desai
Profile and nodule characteristics of patients with incidental subsolid pulmonary nodules (SSN) Georgia Hardavella (London, United Kingdom), Anum Azhar, Apheera Hussain, Shohidul Islam, Sujal Desai, Georgia Hardavella