Vibration Response Imaging (VRI) in Dyspnea Patients Presenting to the ED

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients with obvious trauma or acute anxiety as a cause of dyspnea;
• •Patient has already received directed therapy in the ED and symptoms are remarkably improved;
• •Physician concern regarding possible harm to patient caused by positioning or ambulating the patient for VRI testing;
• •Intubated or mechanically ventilated;
• •Acute hemodynamic or ventilator instability requiring immediate resuscitation;
• •Body habitus or skin condition that might prevent the placement of the sound sensors on the back (e.g. severe scoliosis, kyphosis, chest wall deformation, skin lesion on the back or compression fracture);
• •Hirsutism.