%0 Journal Article
%T Point of Care Lung Ultrasound in Neonatology
%A Chandra Rath
%A Pradeep Suryawanshi
%J Journal of Neonatology
%@ 0973-2187
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0973217918766994
%X Abstract Clinician-performed ultrasound enables a more accurate understanding of disease processes and prompt care implementation. Knowledge of lung ultrasound is of immense utility to clinicians in their day-to-day patient management, and in acute events, in the absence of specialist service back-up. This article examines the potential role of lung ultrasound in the neonatal intensive care unit on the basis of available human studies. Lung ultrasound has a definite potential of reducing/replacing X-rays in the management of pneumothorax, pneumonia, respiratory distress syndrome, and transient tachypnea of the newborn. In addition, it can reduce the use of chest X-ray and radiation exposure in neonatology
%K Lung ultrasound
%K neonate
%K pneumonia
%K pneumothorax
%K respiratory distress syndrome
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0973217918766994