by : Itamar Ben Shitrit, Aviya Kedmi, Khaled El Haj, Amit Kosto, Ofri Karni, Sharon Einav, Tomer Poleg, Ariel Avraham Hasidim, Noa Bineth, Tomer Gat, Alla Shnaider, Orli Barad, Lior Fuchs
Affiliations
- Joyce and Irving Goldman Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Clinical Research Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Maccabi Healthcare System, Sharon Region and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University
- Department of Pediatrics A, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
- Department of Nephrology, Soroka University Medical Center
Conclusions: High-risk elderly patients can successfully generate self-scanned lung ultrasound images comparable to those produced by physicians. These promising results warrant further investigation through larger-scale and long-term studies.
Keywords: home care services; ultrasonography; pulmonary edema; water–electrolyte balanceeview