ReviewOpen access emergency medicine : OAEM2020
Lung Ultrasound in Children with Respiratory Tract Infections: Viral, Bacterial or COVID-19? A Narrative Review.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
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- Point-of-care lung ultrasound in the evaluation of chest pain in a pediatric emergency department.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review Protocol of Lung Ultrasound in Pediatric COVID-19: Clinical Utility and Lessons for Future Pandemics.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Lung ultrasound for diagnosing etiology of respiratory illnesses in hospitalized children.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Correlation between positive fluid balances with venous excess ultrasound scores and lung ultrasound in critically ill children with fluid overload.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Impact of universal nirsevimab prophylaxis on clinical and ultrasound presentations of lower respiratory tract infections in hospitalized pediatric patients.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Observational
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- Differentiating Viral from Bacterial Pneumonia in Children: The Diagnostic Role of Lung Ultrasound-A Prospective Observational Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Tomographic Findings (2000-2022).Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Pleuro-pulmonary ultrasound in the diagnosis and follow-up of lung infections in children with cancer: a pilot study.Journal of ultrasound · 2022Observational
- [Impact of Lung Ultrasound dUring the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Distinction Between Viral and Bacterial Pneumonia].Reumatologia clinica · 2022Article
- Impact of lung ultrasound during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Distinction between viral and bacterial pneumonia.Reumatologia clinica · 2022Article
- The Value of Lung Ultrasound to Detect the Early Pleural and Pulmonary Pathologies in Nonhospitalized COVID-19-Suspected Cases in a Population With a Low Prevalence of COVID-19 Infection: A Prospective Study in 297 Subjects.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2022Article
- Lung Ultrasound in Children with Cystic Fibrosis in Comparison with Chest Computed Tomography: A Feasibility Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- ECHOPAEDIA: Echography in Paediatric Patients in the Age of Coronavirus Disease 2019: Utility of Lung Ultrasound and Chest X-Ray in Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pneumonia.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Lung ultrasound in predicting COVID-19 clinical outcomes: A prospective observational study.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2021Article
- Usefulness of Lung Ultrasound in Paediatric Respiratory Diseases.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Lung Ultrasound in Pediatrics and Neonatology: An Update.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Lung Ultrasound Is More Sensitive for Hospitalized Consolidated Pneumonia Diagnosis Compared to CXR in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are common complaints among patients presenting to the pediatric emergency department. In the diagnostic assessment of children with RTIs, many patients ultimately undergo imaging studies for further evaluation. Point-of-care lung ultrasound (LUS) can be used safely and with a high degree of accuracy in differentiating etiologies of RTIs in pediatric patients. Ultrasonographical features such as an irregular pleural line, subpleural consolidations, focal and lobar consolidation and signs of interstitial involvement can be used to distinguish between several pathologies. This work offers a comprehensive overview of pediatric LUS in cases of the most common pediatric RTIs including bacterial and viral pneumonia, bronchiolitis, and COVID-19.
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