Cardiopulmonary Ultrasound Patterns of Transient Acute Respiratory Distress of the Newborn: A Retrospective Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: Acute transient respiratory distress in the first hours of life is usually defined as transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN). TTN is a respiratory self-limiting disorder consequent to delayed lung fluid clearance at birth. While TTN is the most common etiology of respiratory distress near term, its pathogenesis and diagnostic criteria are not well-defined. Lung ultrasound and targeted neonatal echocardiography are increasingly being used to assess critically ill infants, although their combined use to improve diagnostic precision in neonatal intensive care units has not yet been described. This retrospective pilot analysis aimed to identify possible cardiopulmonary ultrasound (CPUS) patterns in term and late preterm infants suffering from transient respiratory distress and requiring non-

SUBMITTER: Pierro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9955778 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature