Inspiratory-expiratory variation of pleural line thickness in neonates with and without acute respiratory failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are relatively few data about the ultrasound evaluation of pleural line in patients with respiratory failure. We measured the pleural line thickness during different phases of the respiratory cycle in neonates with and without acute respiratory failure as we hypothesized that this can significantly change.

Methods

Prospective, observational, cohort study performed in an academic tertiary neonatal intensive care unit recruiting neonates with transient tachypnoea of the neonate (TTN), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) or neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome (NARDS). Neonates with no lung disease (NLD) were also recruited as controls. Pleural line thickness was measured with high-frequency ultrasound at end-inspiration and end-expiration by two differ

SUBMITTER: Loi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10765855 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature