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Table 4 Conditions producing pathological B-lines

From: Lung ultrasound—a primary survey of the acutely dyspneic patient

Fluid

 Cardiogenic pulmonary edema

 Fluid overload states

Inflammatory

 Acute lung injury/pneumonitis

 Acute respiratory distress syndrome

 Pneumonia

Fibrosis

 Pulmonary fibrosis

 Chronic interstitial lung disease

Trauma

 Pulmonary contusion

 Blast lung