ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2023
Are lung ultrasound features more severe in infants with bronchiolitis and coinfections?
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- Prevalence of common respiratory viruses of infants with respiratory tract infections in European countries in the past decade: a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing between the pre-COVID-19, pandemic, and post-COVID-19 periods.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Burden and Characteristics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Bronchiolitis in Hospitalized Infants in Italy: A Systematic Review.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2026Pooled it
- The predictive value of newborn and infant lung ultrasound score for mechanical ventilation needs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Lung Ultrasound Score and Bronchiolitis: What can be Predicted in a Single Center Experience.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2025Observational
- Clinical relevance of bacterial and/or viral coinfection in acute bronchiolitis in an Italian neonatal unit during the 2021-2023 seasons.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: The lung ultrasound (LUS) score can be a useful tool to predict the need for respiratory support and the length of hospital stay in infants with bronchiolitis. Objective: To compare lung ultrasound features in neonates and infants up to three months of age with bronchiolitis to determine whether LUS scores (range 0-36) differ in infants with coinfections or not. Methods: Neonates and infants younger than three months admitted to neonatal units from October 2022 to March 2023, who underwent lung ultrasound evaluation on admission, were included in this retrospective study. Results: We included 60 patients who underwent LUS evaluation at admission. Forty-two infants (70.0%) had a single viral infection. Eighteen infants (30.0%) had a coinfection: fifteen infants (25.0%) had more than one virus at PCR; one infant (1.7%) had both a viral coinfection and a viral-bacteria coinfection; two infants (3.3%) had viral-bacteria coinfection. Infants with a single viral infection and those with coinfections had similar LUS scores globally and in different lung zones. An LUS score higher than 8 was identified to significantly predict the need for any respiratory support ( Conclusion: In our small cohort of neonates and infants younger than three months hospitalized with bronchiolitis, we found no statistically significant differences in the LUS score on admission between patients with a single viral infection and those with multiple infections.
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