Piotr Szymański, Joanna Puskarz-Gąsowska, Roman Hożejowski, Małgorzata Stefańska, Witold Błaż, Iwona Sadowska-Krawczenko, Urszula Majewska, Anna Tomaszkiewicz, Małgorzata Piotrowska, Marta Kusibab-Mytych, Natalia Słowik-Wasyluk, Piotr Kruczek, Renata Bokiniec
OBJECTIVE: There is growing evidence for the usefulness of the lung ultrasound score (LUS) in neonatal intensive care. We evaluated whether the LUS is predictive of outcomes in infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). STUDY DESIGN: Neonates less than 34 weeks of gestational age were eligible for this prospective, multicenter cohort study. The outcomes of interest were the need for mechanical ventilation (MV) at <72 hours of life, the need for surfactant (SF), successful weaning from continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), extubation readiness, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia...
October 17, 2023: American Journal of Perinatology