The Associations Between Lung Ultrasonography Scores in the First Day of Life and Clinical Outcomes.
Asli Okbay GunesNilgun KaradagHakan CakirHandan Hakyemez ToptanGuner KaratekinPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2021)
Lung ultrasound scores were higher in neonates with NIV failure than with NIV non-failure group, and strongly correlated with end-expiratory pressure values. Lung ultrasound scores were found to be related with some of the clinical outcomes of the NRF, and this suggested that LUS could provide information about the prognosis of NRF.