LUNG ULTRASONOGRAPHY DECREASES RADIATION EXPOSURE

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

104 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-01-01

Study Completion Date

2020-06-01

Brief Summary

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We aimed to decrease in the number of chest X-rays in newborns with respiratory distress, with the use of lung ultrasonography.

From January 2019 to June 2020, 104 newborn infants with respiratory distress enrolled in this study. We used bed side ultrasound as the first line tecnique for lung imaging. X-ray were taken in cases with increasing respiratory distress in spite of treatment according to diagnosis depending on USG findings. We calculated decreased number of chest X-ray for every patient and evaluated the estimated decrease in radiation exposure.

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Detailed Description

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Background:

Chest X-ray is commonly used as first line imaging method to diagnose the reason of respiratory distress in NICUs. Lung ultrasound is a new diagnostic tool for lung imaging, and this method has been used more common recently in NICUs.

Objectives:

We aimed to determine the decrease in the number of chest X-rays in newborns with respiratory distress, with the use of lung ultrasonography.

Methods:

From January 2019 to June 2020, 104 newborn infants with respiratory distress enrolled in this study. We used bed side ultrasound as the first line tecnique for lung imaging. X-ray were taken in cases with increasing respiratory distress in spite of treatment according to diagnosis depending on USG findings. We calculated decreased number of chest X-ray for every patient and evaluated the estimated decrease in radiation exposure.

Conditions

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Newborn Rds Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn Pneumonia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Term or preterm neonates with respiratory distress that started within the first 24 h after birth were included if they showed at admission signs of respiratory distress defined as: tachypnea (respiratory rate \>60 breaths/min), intercostal/subcostal retractions, grunting, or FiO2 requirement \>0.21.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with a diagnosis of major malformations or chromosomal abnormalities, inherited metabolic diseases, congenital muscle disease-hypotonicity, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy were not enrolled.

Maximum Eligible Age

2 Days

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No