Lung ultrasound systematic review shows its prognostic and diagnostic role in acute viral bronchiolitis.

Christos Kogias Spyridon Prountzos Efthymia Alexopoulou Konstantinos Douros

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2022)

This review suggests that LUS could have both a diagnostic and a prognostic role in bronchiolitis during first evaluation in the emergency department and hospitalisation. Physicians could adjust management according to sonographic findings as a useful adjunct to the clinical ones.

Keyphrases

systematic review
emergency department
primary care
magnetic resonance imaging
liver failure
randomized controlled trial
intensive care unit
computed tomography
drug induced
ultrasound guided
hepatitis b virus
contrast enhanced ultrasound
electronic health record