COVID 19 infection: pediatric perspectives

A Adeyinka, K Bailey, L Pierre… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has rapidly spread across the globe …

A comparison of lung ultrasound and computed tomography in the diagnosis of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Wang, X Luo, L Wang, J Estill, M Lv, Y Zhu, Q Wang… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background Lung ultrasound (LUS) and computed tomography (CT) can both be used for
diagnosis of interstitial pneumonia caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the …

Can asymptomatic or non-severe SARS-CoV-2 infection cause medium-term pulmonary sequelae in children?

I Bottino, MF Patria, GP Milani, C Agostoni… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary complications in adults who recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been reported even in minimally symptomatic patients. In …

Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review

J Bigio, M Kohli, JS Klinton, E MacLean, G Gore… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The advent of affordable, portable ultrasound devices has led to increasing interest in the
use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for the detection of pulmonary TB (PTB). We …

Lung ultrasound in pediatrics and neonatology: an update

A Ammirabile, D Buonsenso, A Di Mauro - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
The potential role of ultrasound for the diagnosis of pulmonary diseases is a recent field of
research, because, traditionally, lungs have been considered unsuitable for ultrasonography …

Lung ultrasound: its findings and new applications in neonatology and pediatric diseases

E Iovine, R Nenna, S Bloise, DP La Regina, D Pepino… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lung ultrasound has become increasingly used in both adult and pediatric populations,
allowing the rapid evaluation of many lung and pleura diseases. This popularity is due to …

Usefulness of lung ultrasound in paediatric respiratory diseases

F Sansone, M Attanasi, P Di Filippo, GF Sferrazza Papa… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Respiratory infection diseases are among the major causes of morbidity and mortality in
children. Diagnosis is focused on clinical presentation, yet signs and symptoms are not …

Respiratory syncytial virus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of tomographic findings (2000–2022)

M Ricco, S Corrado, S Palmieri, F Marchesi - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a main cause of medical referrals and
hospitalizations in all infants, particularly among newborns. Nevertheless, relatively limited …

Lung Ultrasound for Pleural Line Abnormalities, Confluent B‐Lines, and Consolidation: Expert Reproducibility and a Method of Standardization

EA Fischer, T Minami, IWY Ma… - Journal of Ultrasound in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Discrete B‐lines have clear definitions, but confluent B‐lines, consolidations, and
pleural line abnormalities are less well defined. We proposed definitions for these and …

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

C Kogias, S Prountzos, E Alexopoulou… - Acta …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Lung ultrasound (LUS) has not been included in the current guidelines for the diagnosis
of bronchiolitis so far, even though data concerning its effectiveness have been published …