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Fig. 18 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 18

From: Ultrasonography for clinical decision-making and intervention in airway management: from the mouth to the lungs and pleurae

Fig. 18

Pleural effusion. a The transducer is placed in a longitudinal axis over an intercostal space on the most dependent area of the chest, since this is the area where free fluid in the chest cavity is expected to be located. b Pleural effusion (Eff) often is visualised as a dark, anechoic area lying in between the visceral and parietal pleura on ultrasonography and just above the liver (Lvr) or spleen. Underlying compression atelectasis (Atl) of the lung is also often present

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