The specific signs of lung ultrasound to diagnose pulmonary hemorrhage of the newborns: Evidence from a multicenter retrospective case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Pulmonary hemorrhage (PH) is one kind of critical lung diseases in newborn infants, which is the most difficult one to be diagnosed by ultrasound. This study was to investigate the specific ultrasonic signs of PH in order to better diagnose neonatal PH by using lung ultrasound (LUS).

Methods

A total 168 newborn infants were enrolled in this study, which included PH, pneumonia, meconium aspiration syndrome, and newborns without lung diseases, there were 42 cases in each group. In a quiet state, infants were placed in the supine, lateral or prone position for the examination. Each lung was divided into the anterior, lateral and posterior regions, then each region of both lungs was scanned with the probe perpendicular to the ribs or parallel to the Intercostal spaces

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9890160 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature