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

Inclusion Criteria:

- Able and willing to provide Informed Consent;

->40 years of age;

- Estimated Body Mass Index >19;

- Patient presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of acute
dyspnea.

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.