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Point of care diaphragm ultrasound in infants with bronchiolitis: A prospective study

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Bronchiolitis is the most common reason for hospitalization of children worldwide. Many scoring systems have been developed to quantify respiratory distress and predict outcome, but none of them have been… Click to show full abstract

Bronchiolitis is the most common reason for hospitalization of children worldwide. Many scoring systems have been developed to quantify respiratory distress and predict outcome, but none of them have been validated. We hypothesized that the ultrasound evaluation of the diaphragm could quantify respiratory distress and therefore we correlated the ultrasound diaphragm parameters with outcome.

Keywords: diaphragm ultrasound; point care; care diaphragm; diaphragm; infants bronchiolitis; ultrasound infants

Journal Title: Pediatric Pulmonology
Year Published: 2018

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