Quantitative lung ultrasound: technical aspects and clinical applications

S Mongodi, D De Luca, A Colombo, A Stella… - …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Lung ultrasound is increasingly used in emergency departments, medical wards, and critical
care units—adult, pediatric, and neonatal. In vitro and in vivo studies show that the number …

Diagnosis and management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

M Gilfillan, A Bhandari, V Bhandari - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common chronic lung disease in infants and
is associated with increased mortality, respiratory morbidity, neurodevelopmental …

Lung ultrasound to monitor extremely preterm infants and predict bronchopulmonary dysplasia. A multicenter longitudinal cohort study

B Loi, G Vigo, E Baraldi, F Raimondi… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Lung ultrasound is useful in critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure.
Given its characteristics, it could also be useful in extremely preterm infants with evolving …

Present and future of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

L Bonadies, P Zaramella, A Porzionato… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common respiratory disorder among infants
born extremely preterm. The pathogenesis of BPD involves multiple prenatal and postnatal …

Use of point-of-care ultrasonography in the NICU for diagnostic and procedural purposes

DL Stewart, Y Elsayed, MV Fraga, BD Coley… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) refers to the use of portable imaging performed by
the provider clinician at the bedside for diagnostic, therapeutic, and procedural purposes …

Lung ultrasound score progress in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome

F Raimondi, F Migliaro, I Corsini, F Meneghin… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: Preterm neonates, stratified in 3 gestational age cohorts (25–27, 28–30, and 31–
33 weeks), underwent lung ultrasound at weekly intervals from birth. Clinical data …

Meta-analysis of lung ultrasound scores for early prediction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

L Pezza, A Alonso-Ojembarrena, Y Elsayed… - Annals of the …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Lung ultrasound scores (LUS) might be useful in monitoring neonates with
chronic pulmonary insufficiency of prematurity and in predicting bronchopulmonary …

Lung growth and pulmonary function after prematurity and bronchopulmonary dysplasia

L Moschino, L Bonadies, E Baraldi - Pediatric pulmonology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) still carries a heavy burden of morbidity and mortality in
survivors of extreme prematurity. The disease is characterized by simplification of the …

Lung ultrasound in preterm infants with respiratory distress: experience in a neonatal intensive care unit

R Gregorio-Hernández, M Arriaga-Redondo… - European journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Lung ultrasound (LUS) has been described as a useful tool in early prognosis of several
respiratory diseases of the newborn, especially preterm infant newborns (PTNB) with …

Early assessment of lung aeration using an ultrasound score as a biomarker of developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a prospective observational study

I Oulego-Erroz, P Alonso-Quintela… - Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
The objective of this study was to assess the predictive value of a lung ultrasound (LUS)
score in the development of moderate–severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD). This …