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Review
. 2020 Nov:150:105184.
doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105184. Epub 2020 Sep 10.

Neonatal lung ultrasound: From paradox to diagnosis … and beyond

Fiorella Migliaro  1 , Serena Salomè  1 , Iuri Corsini  2 , Daniele De Luca  3 , Letizia Capasso  1 , Diego Gragnaniello  4 , Francesco Raimondi  5 ; NeoLUS collaborative study group
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Review

Neonatal lung ultrasound: From paradox to diagnosis … and beyond

Fiorella Migliaro et al. Early Hum Dev. 2020 Nov.
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Fig. 1
Number of papers retrieved from the PubMed database using “lung ultrasound” (dark grey columns) and “neonate” AND “lung ultrasound” (light grey columns) keywords, respectively.
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Fig. 2
A semiquantitative LUS score reliably parallels lung aeration and oxygenation. Each lung is divided into 3 areas and for each area a score from 0 to 3 is assigned. Score values correspond to 4 different patterns: (A) horizontal lines (aka A lines) represent the normally aerated lung parenchyma (score 0). A progressively increasing fluid to air ratio (B) is seen as vertical hyperechoic artifacts (aka B lines) (score 1). Confluent and crowded B lines (C) create a “white lung image” (score 2). A minimal air content is visualized as lung echodensity equal to that of the liver (D) called “consolidation areas” (score 3).
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