Trial reportEuropean journal of pediatrics2019
Point-of-care lung ultrasound in infants with bronchiolitis in the pediatric emergency department: a prospective study.
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- Procalcitonin and lung ultrasound algorithm to diagnose severe pneumonia in critical paediatric patients (PROLUSP study). A randomised clinical trial.Respiratory research · 2020Trial
- Lung disease in crisponi/cold-induced sweating syndrome type 1: expanding the clinical phenotype spectrum.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- POCUS for the general pediatrician: a narrative review of practical applications, policy, and training.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Utility of Lung Ultrasound Assessment in Infants with Acute Bronchiolitis: An Observational Study.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
- Point-of-care ultrasound in prehospital emergency care: attitudes, facilitators and barriers.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Validation of Lung Ultrasound Score for Disease Severity and Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Failure.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2026Observational
- Pediatric lung ultrasound: Tips and tricks for better scanning and interpretation.Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine · 2026Article
- Comparison of clinical findings and lung ultrasound scores in newborns with RSV and non-RSV viral lower respiratory tract infections: a prospective observational study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Observational
- Lung Ultrasound Findings in Pediatric Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia: A Prospective Multicenter Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Lung Ultrasound Score and Bronchiolitis: What can be Predicted in a Single Center Experience.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2025Observational
- An international standardization to study the clinical use of lung ultrasound to discriminate viral, bacterial and atypical pneumonia in children with community acquired pneumonia.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Extended vs. concise lung ultrasound scores to predict the need for respiratory support in bronchiolitis: a prospective observational study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Observational
- Advances in Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Pediatric Acute Care Medicine.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025Review
- Comparison of two point-of-care lung ultrasound techniques and their associated outcomes for bronchiolitis in the pediatric emergency department.The ultrasound journal · 2025Article
- Prognostic Role of Lung-Ultrasound Score in Acute Bronchiolitis Patients Treated With High Flow Nasal Cannula: A Prospective Study.Pediatric pulmonology · 2025Article
- Acute Respiratory Failure in Children: A Clinical Update on Diagnosis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Clinical-Ultrasound Model to Predict the Clinical Course in Bronchiolitis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Perception, Challenges, and Barriers of Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound Among Respiratory Therapist in the United States.CHEST pulmonary · 2024Article
- Prognostic Value of the Area of Lung Involved in Severe and Non-Severe Bronchiolitis: An Observational, Ultrasound-Based Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Lung Ultrasound: A Useful Prognostic Tool in the Management of Bronchiolitis in the Emergency Department.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Bronchiolitis is the most common cause of hospitalization of children in the first year of life. The lung ultrasound is a new diagnostic tool which is inexpensive, non-invasive, rapid, and easily repeatable. Our prospective study was conducted in the emergency department and all patients underwent a routine clinical evaluation and lung ultrasound by the pediatricians who defined the clinical and the ultrasound score. We enrolled 76 infants (median age 90 days [IQR 62-183], 53.9% males). In nasopharyngeal aspirates, the respiratory syncytial virus was isolated in 33 patients. Considering the clinical score, children with higher score had a higher probability of requiring respiratory support (p 0.001). At the ultrasound evaluation, there was a significant difference on ultrasound score between those who will need respiratory support or not (p 0.003). Infants who needed ventilation with helmet continuous positive airway pressure had a more severe ultrasound score (p 0.028) and clinical score (p 0.004), if compared with those who did not need it.Conclusion: Our study shows that lung ultrasound in the bronchiolitis may be a useful method to be integrated with the clinical evaluation to better define the prognosis of the individual patient. Multicenter studies on larger populations are necessary to confirm our data. What is Known: • Bronchiolitis is the main cause of lower respiratory tract infection in children younger than 24 months. • Ultrasound can evaluate the lung parenchyma without ionizing radiations. What is New: • Lung ultrasound may be a useful diagnostic tool to define the prognosis of the infants affected by bronchiolitis if performed at the first assessment in the emergency department. • The score obtained at the ultrasound evaluation is higher in those who will need oxygen therapy during admission for more time and in those who will need respiratory support with helmet continuous positive airway pressure.
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