ReviewPediatric radiology2021
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of pediatric lungs.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Thoracic Computed Tomography Scan Versus Thoracic Ultrasonography for Management Decisions in Empyema Thoracis: A Systematic Review.Indian pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Ultrasound imaging features of pediatric extralobar pulmonary sequestration with torsion: a retrospective observational study.Pediatric radiology · 2026Observational
- Retrospective Study of Complicated Pneumonia at the Pediatric Department of the University Hospital of Padua: Experience from 2022 to 2024.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Microbubbles at the bedside: intracavitary CEUS to confirm chest-drain position and loculations.Journal of ultrasound · 2025Article
- UTILITY OF CHEST ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN QUANTIFYING CLOT AND PLEURAL EFFUSION VOLUME IN PRECLINICAL MODELS OF PLEURAL DISEASE.Biomedical sciences instrumentation · 2025Article
- Lung ultrasound in neonates and children with cardiac diseases with focus on post cardiac surgical period: time for systematic use-an expert opinion report by the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology Imaging Working Group.European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice · 2025Article
- Comments and Illustrations of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine (EFSUMB) Guidelines: Rare Malignant Pulmonal and Pleural Tumors: Primary Pulmonary Sarcoma and Mesothelioma, Imaging Features on Transthoracic Ultrasound.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- The Role of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Differential Diagnosis of Malignant and Benign Subpleural Lung Lesions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Unusual pediatric lung infections: imaging findings.Pediatric radiology · 2024Review
- Imaging of Acute Complications of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Paediatric Population-From Chest Radiography to MRI.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Lung ultrasound in a nutshell. Lines, signs, some applications, and misconceptions from a radiologist's point of view. Part 2.Polish journal of radiology · 2024Review
- Pediatric lung ultrasonography: current perspectives.Pediatric radiology · 2022Review
- Overview of Lung Ultrasound in Pediatric Cardiology.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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6 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
In addition to radiography, ultrasound (US) has long proved to be a valuable imaging modality to evaluate the pediatric lung and pleural cavity. Its many inherent advantages, including real-time performance, high spatial resolution, lack of ionizing radiation and lack of need for sedation make it preferable over other imaging modalities such as CT. Since the introduction of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs), contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has become a valuable complementary US technique, with many well-established uses in adults and evolving uses in children. Lung CEUS applications are still not licensed and are performed off-label, although the added value of CEUS in certain clinical scenarios is increasingly reported. The limited evidence of CEUS in the evaluation of pediatric lungs focuses primarily on community-acquired pneumonia and its complications. In this clinical setting, CEUS is used to confidently and accurately diagnose necrotizing pneumonia and to delineate pleural effusions and empyema. In addition to intravenous use, UCAs can be administered directly into the pleural cavity through chest catheters to improve visualization of loculations within a complex pleural effusion, which might necessitate fibrinolytic therapy. The purpose of this paper is to present the current experience on pediatric lung CEUS and to suggest potential additional uses that can be derived from adult studies.
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