SynthesisEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2025
Characteristics of scores used for quantitative lung ultrasound in neonates: a systematic review.
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- 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
- The Diagnostic Value of Lung Ultrasound in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Among Preterm Infants with Gestational Age ≤ 28 Weeks.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Serial lung ultrasound scoring for predicting invasive mechanical ventilation in preterm neonates: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Five-Minute Oxygen Saturation and Delivery Room Oxygen Requirements as Early Markers of Illness Severity in Preterm Infants ≤32 Weeks of Gestation: A Single-Centre Retrospective Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- The effect of postnatal steroids on lung ultrasound scores and extubation readiness in very low birth weight infants.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Inter-rater agreement of a newborn calf lung ultrasound scoring system.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2026Article
- Seeing readiness: a pilot diagnostic accuracy study integrating diaphragm and lung ultrasound to predict extubation outcomes in the NICU.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Lung ultrasound-guided positioning strategy for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonates.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Relationship between simplified and extended lung ultrasound aeration scores and oxygenation metrics in very preterm infants in the first month of life: a prospective observational study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Observational
- Quantitative lung ultrasound in neonates: tried-and-tested systems simplify bedside use.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Article
- An elegant review - but a complicated bedside? Rethinking dual protocols for neonatal lung ultrasound.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Article
- Anaesthesia-induced atelectasis in a rat model (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundQuantitative lung ultrasound is increasingly being used in neonatology. The aim of this study is to identify the lung ultrasound scores (LUS) available for use in neonates, describe their characteristics and determine which LUS are most used and validated.
methodsA systematic review of the literature was conducted following PRISMA-S (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis Protocols extension for reporting literature searches in systematic reviews) guidelines. Articles describing LUS in newborn animals and human neonates, published up to March 2024, were searched in the PubMed and Embase databases.
resultsOut of 757 identified studies, 121 were included. Most of the articles were published in the past 5 years, predominantly by European investigators. They described 32 different LUS. Only 10 (31.4%) of these LUS had undergone at least one validation attempt and only 15 (48.4%) used the four-step scoring scale (
conclusionsThe most commonly used and validated score, consistent with adult critical care practice, should be the standard for assessing lung aeration in neonates.
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