Anesthesia-induced atelectasis assessed by lung sonography
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Background Atelectasis and poorly ventilated lung areas are negative consequences of general anesthesia observed in adult as well as in children. The reported incidence of this anesthesia-induced atelectasis in children is high and comes from 83 % to almost 100 %. The diagnosis of this entity is difficult to do at the bedside; they are commonly small and mostly invisible to standard chest X-ray images. More complex diagnosing techniques like CT scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can easily diagnose atelectasis although they are strategically impractical. Ultrasound is a bedside, rapid, noninvasive and radiation-free technique. Lung ultrasound (LUS) has an important role for diagnosing pulmonary diseases in children although it role for detecting anesthesia-induced atelectasis has not been determined yet.
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