Comparison of different types of ultrasound probes for lung ultrasound in neonates-A prospective randomized comparison study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the effect of different types of probes for lung ultrasound in neonates.

Design

Prospective, blinded, randomized, comparative study between 2020 and 2022.

Setting

Single-center study at a third level neonatal unit.

Patients

Hemodynamically stable infants with either nasal continuous positive airway pressure, high flow nasal cannula or without respiratory support.

Intervention

Lung ultrasound using either an echo or microconvex probe. As control, the linear probe was used.

Main outcome measures

Primary outcome measure was neonatologist performed lung ultrasound (NPLUS) score. Secondary outcome measures were number of B-Lines, thickness of the pleural line and subjective image quality. Furthermore, correlation between NPLUS re

SUBMITTER: Aichhorn L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11221702 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature