1. Meta-Analysis of Lung Ultrasound Scores for Early Prediction of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
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Luca Vedovelli, Yasser Elsayed, Lucilla Pezza, Daniele De Luca, Almudena Alonso-Ojembarrena, Nadya Yousef, and Francesco Raimondi
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Population ,mental disorders ,Early prediction ,medicine ,Humans ,education ,Lung ,lung ultrasound ,Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia ,Ultrasonography ,bronchopulmonary dysplasia ,prediction ,bedside ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Confounding ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Gestational age ,medicine.disease ,Lung ultrasound ,Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ,Meta-analysis ,Gestation ,Female ,business ,Infant, Premature - Abstract
RATIONALE Lung ultrasound scores (LUS) might be useful in monitoring neonates with chronic pulmonary insufficiency of prematurity and in predicting bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Given their ease of use, accuracy and lack of invasiveness, LUS have been the subject of several recent studies. OBJECTIVE We sought to clarify whether LUS provide an accurate and early (within the first two weeks of life) prediction of BPD in preterm infants of gestational age 0.05). Repeating the analyses without outliers or with moderate-to-severe BPD as outcome yielded similar results. Meta-regressions showed that prenatal steroid prophylaxis and sex were not significant effect confounders. CONCLUSIONS LUS are accurate for early prediction of BPD and moderate-to-severe BPD, in an average population of preterm infants
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- 2022
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