ArticleMultidisciplinary respiratory medicine2014
Look at the lung: can chest ultrasonography be useful in pregnancy?
Article in Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03576092 (Lung Ultrasound Patterns in Late Third-trimester Gravidas With and Without Preeclampsia), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Lung Ultrasound Patterns in Late Third-trimester Gravidas With and Without Preeclampsia
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Chest ultrasound vs. Radiograph for pneumothorax diagnosis performed by emergency healthcare workers in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The ultrasound journal · 2025Review
- Recent ultrasound advancements for the manipulation of nanobiomaterials and nanoformulations for drug delivery.Ultrasonics sonochemistry · 2021Review
- Reply to LUS in pregnant women with suspected COVID-19 infection.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2021Article
- Lung Ultrasound Can Influence the Clinical Treatment of Pregnant Women With COVID-19.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2021Article
- Lung ultrasonography in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interobserver agreement study among obstetricians.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2020Article
- Lung Sonography in Obstetrics during COVID-19.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2020Article
- The diagnosis of pneumonia in a pregnant woman with coronavirus disease 2019 using maternal lung ultrasound.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Article
- Chest Computed Tomography and Lung Ultrasound Findings in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Pocket Review for Non-radiologists.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Review
- Lung ultrasound for diagnosis of pneumonia in emergency department.Internal and emergency medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to evaluate the clinical value of chest ultrasound (US) in the detection, diagnosis and follow-up of pathologic processes of both peripheral lung parenchyma and pleural space in pregnant women.
findingsPregnant women admitted to Obstetric Pathology Hospital Department for respiratory diseases were enrolled. Chest US examination was performed when there was a respiratory disease highly suggestive of pneumonia and/or pleural effusion and chest X-ray (CXR) should have been obtained. Three chest US patterns were identified: lung consolidation (LC), pleural effusion (PE) and focal sonographic interstitial syndromes (SIS). When chest US pathologic signs were reported, one or more subsequent chest US examinations were performed to follow-up the patient until their complete resolution. Sixteen inpatients underwent 54 chest US evaluations. We identified: 9 LCs, 6 PEs and 11 SISs. Total number of CXRs was 7 (10 females avoided X-rays exposure and one underwent 2 CXR evaluations on the advice of Gynecologist). Chest US follow-up, during and after therapy, showed complete resolution of echographic patterns previously described.
conclusionsChest US evaluation during pregnancy is a useful diagnostic tool to detect and monitor respiratory diseases, avoiding excessive X-rays exposure.
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