ArticlePediatric radiology2020
Lung ultrasound findings in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia requiring surgical procedures: a two-center prospective study.
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- Lung ultrasound may support internal medicine physicians in predicting the diagnosis, bacterial etiology and favorable outcome of community-acquired pneumonia.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Lung ultrasound to predict pediatric intensive care admission in infants with bronchiolitis (LUSBRO study).European journal of pediatrics · 2021Observational
- Classification of Lung Disease in Children by Using Lung Ultrasound Images and Deep Convolutional Neural Network.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundLung ultrasound (US) in the evaluation of suspected pediatric pneumonia is increasingly used and has a recognized role in evaluating pleural effusions, although there are no detailed studies specifically addressing its use in the pediatric population.
objectivesTo define lung US findings of severe pediatric community-acquired pneumonia that required surgical procedures during admission. MATERIALS AND
methodsOur prospective case-control study compared lung US findings in patients ages 1 month to 17 years admitted with community-acquired pneumonia that required surgical procedures from findings those who did not. Lung US was performed at admission and always before surgical procedures. Medical treatment, laboratory and microbiological findings, chest X-ray, computed tomography scan and surgical procedures are described.
resultsOne hundred twenty-one children with community-acquired pneumonia were included; of these, 23 underwent surgical intervention. Compared with the control group, children requiring a surgical procedure had a significantly higher rate of large consolidations (52.2%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 30.6% to 73.2%), larger and complicated pleural effusions (100%; 95% CI: 85.2% to 100%), and both liquid and air bronchograms (73.9%; 95% CI: 51.6% to 89.8%).
conclusionLarger consolidations, larger and more complicated pleural effusions, and liquid and air bronchograms were associated with surgical treatment.
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