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Editorial
. 2020 Oct 1;202(7):924-926.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202005-2067ED.

New Imaging Tools Allow Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia to Enter the Age of Precision Medicine

Edward G Shepherd  1   2 , Daniele De Luca  3   4
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Editorial

New Imaging Tools Allow Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia to Enter the Age of Precision Medicine

Edward G Shepherd et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
New imaging tools that may be useful to provide precision medicine for neonates with chronic pulmonary insufficiency of prematurity evolving toward different types of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Quiet-breathing magnetic resonance imaging, semiquantitative lung ultrasound, and electrical impedance tomography all have the potential to give useful information of pulmonary physiopathology and carry different advantages and disadvantages. (A) So far, in neonates with evolving bronchopulmonary dysplasia, they have been mainly used to give a snapshot of the patient’s situation. (B) Nonetheless, they might be used much earlier to direct patients toward a more personalized therapeutic approach or tailored ventilatory strategy. EIT = electrical impedance tomography; LUS = lung ultrasound; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging.
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