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Lung ultrasound in bronchiolitis.

Domenico Paolo La ReginaSilvia BloiseDaniela PepinoElio IovineMarco LaudisaLuca CristianiAmbra NicolaiRaffaella NennaEnrica MancinoGreta Di MattiaLaura PetrarcaLuigi MateraAntonella FrassanitoRaffaella Nenna
Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2020)
In infants with bronchiolitis LUS score showed a positive correlation with the clinical score (r = .62, p < .001) and the length of hospitalization (r = .42; p < .001). The need of oxygen therapy was more frequent in the patients with higher LUS score (p < .001). LUS findings observed in the cases were the presence of B-lines, subpleural consolidations, and abnormalities of the pleural line. No LUS alterations were observed in the controls. In patients who performed LUS and CXR, we found a correlation between the presence of abnormalities of the pleural line with LUS and the presence of air trapping with CXR (r = .55; p = .007).
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