PoCUS y etiología de las neumonías

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Proposal: Most community acquired pneumonias with extensive 

ultrasonographic consolidation are pneumococcus
PulmCrit - Posted by Josh Farkas - Sunday, August 9, 2015

"Summary: The Bullet

• The presence of extensive consolidation with dynamic air bronchograms on ultrasound may correlate with a lobar pneumonia pattern. 
• Lobar community acquired pneumonia is most often due to Streptococcus Pneumoniae, with some cases also due to Legionella and Klebsiella Pneumoniae. 
• Treatment decisions should be based on standard approaches utilizing epidemiology and disease severity. However, for cases that fall on the borderline between different treatment regimens, the ultrasonographic pattern can occasionally provide a clue as to the etiology."

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