The 'double lung point': An ultrasound sign diagnostic of transient tachypnea of the newborn

Neonatology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-209

  Copetti, Roberto ^a,b   Cattarossi, Luigi ^b  

^a S Antonio Abate Hospital   (Italy)

^b MS Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung ultrasound; Transient tachypnea of the newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPNEA; TRANSIENT TACHYPNEA OF THE NEWBORN;

ATELECTASIS; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947580560     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097454     Document Type: Article

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