Ultraschall Med 2023; 44(03): 240-268
DOI: 10.1055/a-1996-0767
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Pulmonary Sonography – Neonatal Diagnosis Part 2

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Simone Schwarz 
  Clinic for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Sana-Kliniken Duisburg GmbH, Duisburg, Germany
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Pulmonary Sonography – Neonatal Diagnosis Part 1Ultraschall Med 2023; 44(01): 14-35
DOI: 10.1055/a-1885-5664

Abstract

A healthy, air-filled lung can only be visualized by its artifacts, and pathologies of the lung are revealed by changes in these artifacts. Because ultrasound artifacts are predominantly used in pulmonary sonography to assess pathologic processes, the variability of sonographically imageable phenomena is limited. For this reason, different pulmonary diseases may present very similarly in ultrasound. Therefore, a correct interpretation of the findings is only possible in the clinical context, taking into account the age-dependent differential diagnoses.

The particular relevance of lung ultrasound in the treatment of neonatal patients results from a close correlation between the extent of sonographically-depictable pathologies and parameters of respiratory insufficiency. This suggests a direct correlation between ultrasound findings and the severity of lung injury. Lung ultrasound thus represents a unique, ubiquitously available, bedside, serial method for monitoring the pulmonary status.



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