Lung Ultrasound Is Accurate for the Diagnosis of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: A Prospective Study

Figure 5

Characteristic manifestations of HAPE on LUS. Patients showed intensive B-lines. The B-lines vanished along with absorption of the pulmonary edema. Typical images from one HAPE patient: (a) CXR before treatment: large flocculent infiltrates in the right lung; (b) CXR after treatment: pulmonary edema was entirely absorbed; (c) LUS before treatment: multiple B-lines; (d) LUS after treatment: normal image.

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