Performance Evaluation of Clinical Ultrasound in Management of Acute Pulmonary Edema in Elderly Patient

"Each patient admitted for suspicion of acute lung edema will be treated according to the protocol of the emergency department.~Another doctor will independently do a lung ultrasound and measurement of the inferior vena cava. The ultrasound results are not made available to the doctor in charge of the patient.~At the end of the study, all the files will be analyzed by a independent committee, blinded ultrasound results for the final diagnosis of acute pulmonary edema."