Lung ultrasound is increasingly used in emergency departments, medical wards, and critical
care units—adult, pediatric, and neonatal. In vitro and in vivo studies show that the number …

Lung ultrasound (LUS) is the latest amongst imaging techniques: it is a radiation-free,
inexpensive, point-of-care tool that the clinician can use at the bedside. This review …

Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is nowadays an essential tool in critical care.
Its role seems more important in neonates and children where other monitoring techniques …

As management of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) advances, clinicians must
continually revise their current practice. We report the fourth update of “European Guidelines …

Rationale: Lung ultrasound is useful in critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure.
Given its characteristics, it could also be useful in extremely preterm infants with evolving …

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) refers to the use of portable imaging performed by
the provider clinician at the bedside for diagnostic, therapeutic, and procedural purposes …

METHODS: Preterm neonates, stratified in 3 gestational age cohorts (25–27, 28–30, and 31–
33 weeks), underwent lung ultrasound at weekly intervals from birth. Clinical data …

Rationale: Lung ultrasound scores (LUS) might be useful in monitoring neonates with
chronic pulmonary insufficiency of prematurity and in predicting bronchopulmonary …

Background Clinical and radiographic criteria are traditionally used to determine the need
for surfactant therapy in preterm infants. Lung ultrasound is a bedside test that offers a rapid …

Experience with POCUS in the NICU is growing. Current evidence supports the use of
POCUS for a number of diagnostic and procedural applications. As use of this tool …