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Using Ultrasound Lung Comets in the Diagnosis of High Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Fact or Fiction?  Yashvi Wimalasena, BM, FCEM, DiMM, Jeremy Windsor, MBChB,

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1 Using Ultrasound Lung Comets in the Diagnosis of High Altitude Pulmonary Edema: Fact or Fiction? 
Yashvi Wimalasena, BM, FCEM, DiMM, Jeremy Windsor, MBChB, DCH, FCARCS, Mark Edsell, MBChB, FRCA, FFICM  Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages (June 2013) DOI: /j.wem Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 A normal lung ultrasonogram of a single intercostal space with no ultrasound lung comets. The black arrow indicates the pleural line, and the white arrows indicate the ribs as these form the “bat wing sign.” Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 A lung ultrasonography scan of a single intercostal space showing multiple ultrasound lung comets (white vertical lines). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Ultrasonography B and M mode scan of normal lung.
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5 Figure 4 Ultrasonography B and M mode depiction of a pneumothorax.
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6 Figure 5 Lung ultrasonography scan showing lung consolidation.
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7 Figure 6 Ultrasonography B and M mode view of pleural effusion.
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