Can neonatal lung ultrasound monitor fluid clearance and predict the need of respiratory support?

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Raimondi, Francesco ^a   Migliaro, Fiorella ^a   Sodano, Angela ^a   Umbaldo, Angela ^a   Romano, Antonia ^a   Vallone, Gianfranco ^a   Capasso, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FLUID MONITOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; LUNG; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LUNG; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868680666     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11865     Document Type: Article

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