Evaluation of double lung point sign as a marker for transient tachypnoea of the newborn in preterm.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The study was conducted to diagnose transient tachypnoea of the newborn (TTN) in the early stage using ultrasonography and to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of double lung point (DLP) sign in diagnosing TTN.

Material and methods

The study population included premature neonates with respiratory distress, admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit from December 2017 to June 2019, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. A total of 100 patients were included in the study, and they underwent lung ultrasonography within 6 hours of birth. Inclusion criteria were as follows: preterm babies born < 37 weeks of gestation presenting with respiratory distress within 6 hours, clinically diagnosed with TTN and other causes like respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia.

SUBMITTER: Basha MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9093210 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature