Lung Ultrasound Diagnostic Accuracy in Neonatal Pneumothorax
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Lung Ultrasound Diagnostic Accuracy in Neonatal Pneumothorax
Background. Pneumothorax (PTX) still remains a common cause of morbidity in critically ill and ventilated neonates. At the present time, lung ultrasound (LUS) is not included in the diagnostic work-up of PTX in newborns despite of excellent evidence of reliability in adults. The aim of this study was to compare LUS, chest X-ray (CXR), and chest transillumination (CTR) for PTX diagnosis in a gro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Respiratory Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1198-2241,1916-7245
DOI: 10.1155/2016/6515069