Reproducibility and reference values of diaphragmatic shortening fraction for term and premature infants.
Almudena Alonso-OjembarrenaEstefanía Ruiz-GonzálezLorena Estepa-PedregosaAna Isabel Armenteros-LópezAntonio Segado-ArenasSimón Pedro Lubián-LópezPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2020)
Asymptomatic TN and PTN have similar DSF values in the first 24 hours of life. The intra- and interobserver agreement is high. Reproducibility is acceptable, but intensive training is necessary to perform adequate DU.