GuidelineCritical care (London, England)2020
International evidence-based guidelines on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for critically ill neonates and children issued by the POCUS Working Group of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC).
Guideline in Critical care (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 296 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Lung Ultrasound Score and Pediatric Intensive Care Outcomes: a Prospective Observational Multicenter Study
Study on the Application Value of Fluid Resuscitation Guided by Lung Ultrasound in Neonatal Septic Shock
Validation of the Kinshasa Lung Ultrasound Approach for the Narrowing of Differential Diagnosis in Children Admitted With Acute Respiratory Symptoms in Low-resource Settings
Evaluation of Serial Lung Ultrasound Data After Surfactant Treatments Applied With Different Methods in Preterm Babies
Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles From the Cord Blood of Extremely Preterm New Borns and Their Correlation With Severe Morbidity and Mortality
Who cites it
296 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 592 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound in neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review.Journal of ultrasound · 2026Pooled it
- Lung Ultrasound-Guided Non-Fiberobronchoscopic Bronchoalveolar Lavage for Neonatal Atelectatic Pulmonary Disease Treatment: Clinical Practice Guidelines Based on International Expert Consensus.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Guideline
- Lung ultrasound aeration score as a predictor of extubation failure in neonates: an updated systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026.Intensive care medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Point-of-care ultrasound in nutrition assessment and enteral nutrition management of critically ill children: a scoping review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Characteristics of scores used for quantitative lung ultrasound in neonates: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Pooled it
- The relationship between muscle mass changes and protein or energy intake in critically ill children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- [Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of anemia of prematurity (2025)].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2025Guideline
- Guidance for performance, utilization, and education of cardiac and lung point-of-care ultrasonography from the Japanese Society of Echocardiography.Journal of echocardiography · 2024Guideline
- Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in neonates (MIS-N): a systematic review.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Nebulized nitroglycerin as an adjuvant drug in management of persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborns: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Real-time ultrasound to assess the umbilical catheter position in neonates: a randomized, controlled trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Trial
- The effect of NHFOV on hemodynamics in mild and moderately preterm neonates: a randomized clinical trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Lung ultrasound and procalcitonin, improving antibiotic management and avoiding radiation exposure in pediatric critical patients with bacterial pneumonia: a randomized clinical trial.European journal of medical research · 2024Trial
- Lung ultrasound-guided fluid resuscitation in neonatal septic shock: A randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Comparison of different types of ultrasound probes for lung ultrasound in neonates-A prospective randomized comparison study.PloS one · 2024Trial
- Lung ultrasound-guided best positive end-expiratory pressure in neonatal anesthesia: a proposed randomized, controlled study.Pediatric research · 2024Trial
- The effect of placental transfusion on hemodynamics in premature newborns: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Trial
- Interpretation of Lung Ultrasound in POCUS.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Point-of-Care Echocardiography in Pediatric and Neonatal Care.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
236 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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19 authors at 14 institutions in 7 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPoint-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is nowadays an essential tool in critical care. Its role seems more important in neonates and children where other monitoring techniques may be unavailable. POCUS Working Group of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) aimed to provide evidence-based clinical guidelines for the use of POCUS in critically ill neonates and children.
methodsCreation of an international Euro-American panel of paediatric and neonatal intensivists expert in POCUS and systematic review of relevant literature. A literature search was performed, and the level of evidence was assessed according to a GRADE method. Recommendations were developed through discussions managed following a Quaker-based consensus technique and evaluating appropriateness using a modified blind RAND/UCLA voting method. AGREE statement was followed to prepare this document.
resultsPanellists agreed on 39 out of 41 recommendations for the use of cardiac, lung, vascular, cerebral and abdominal POCUS in critically ill neonates and children. Recommendations were mostly (28 out of 39) based on moderate quality of evidence (B and C).
conclusionsEvidence-based guidelines for the use of POCUS in critically ill neonates and children are now available. They will be useful to optimise the use of POCUS, training programs and further research, which are urgently needed given the weak quality of evidence available.
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