ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2025
Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis and monitoring of community-acquired pneumonia in children: a prospective observational study.
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- Clinical utility of lung ultrasound in differentiating and monitoring complicated pediatric pneumonia: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Acute Respiratory Infections in Children: A Narrative Perspective on Integrated Primary-Hospital Care in Italy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Diagnostic Value of Lung Ultrasound in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Among Preterm Infants with Gestational Age ≤ 28 Weeks.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Lung ultrasound versus chest X-ray in pediatric lower respiratory tract infections at a tertiary center: a prospective observational study.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
- Lung ultrasound findings in neonatal viral pneumonia: case series and literature review.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Lung ultrasound combined with C-reactive protein for identifying a bacterial component in children hospitalized with acute lower respiratory tract infections: a prospective observational study.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
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Abstract
Introduction: Community-acquired pneumonia remains a noteworthy concern in pediatrics due to the difficulty in identifying the underlying etiology and the risk of complications associated with high morbidity and mortality. Methods: This is a multicenter, prospective study that enrolled 315 children admitted to three different hospitals in Italy between March 2023 and June 2024. The ultrasound scans were performed according to the approach proposed by Soldati et al. in 2020 at admission (T0) and during hospitalization (T1). Results: Lung ultrasound proved to be a valuable tool for differentiating etiologies, with significantly higher scores observed in bacterial and viral pneumonias compared to atypical cases (respectively Discussion: This study confirms the usefulness of lung ultrasound in monitoring children with community-acquired pneumonia and in the early identification of those at risk of clinical deterioration. Moreover, our findings offer useful guidance for optimizing follow-up timing, supporting personalized ultrasound approaches tailored to disease severity while reducing unnecessary examinations.
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