1. Lung ultrasound features predict admission to the neonatal intensive care unit in infants with transient neonatal tachypnoea or respiratory distress syndrome born by caesarean section
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Arianna Aceti, Silvia Galletti, Alessandra Rollo, Silvia Martini, Francesco Raimondi, Luigi Corvaglia, Sofia Spinedi, Maurizio Zompatori, Michelangelo Baldazzi, Antonio Poerio, Poerio, A., Galletti, S., Baldazzi, M., Martini, S., Rollo, A., Spinedi, S., Raimondi, F., Zompatori, M., Corvaglia, L., Aceti, A., Poerio A., Galletti S., Baldazzi M., Martini S., Rollo A., Spinedi S., Raimondi F., Zompatori M., Corvaglia L., and Aceti A.
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Neonatal intensive care unit ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Reproducibility of Result ,Logistic regression ,Pregnancy ,Intensive Care Units, Neonatal ,Medicine ,Humans ,Caesarean section ,Prospective Studies ,Respiratory system ,Lung ,Mechanical ventilation ,Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn ,Lung ultrasound ,Respiratory distress ,business.industry ,Cesarean Section ,Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Reproducibility of Results ,Newborn ,Prospective Studie ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Italy ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Observational study ,Original Article ,Female ,business ,Infant, Premature ,Human - Abstract
We aimed to evaluate the reliability of lung ultrasound (LU) to predict admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for transient neonatal tachypnoea or respiratory distress syndrome in infants born by caesarean section (CS). A prospective, observational, single-centre study was performed in the delivery room and NICU of Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital in Bologna, Italy. Term and late-preterm infants born by CS were included. LU was performed at 30’ and 4 h after birth. LU appearance was graded according to a previously validated three-point scoring system (3P-LUS: type-1, white lung; type-2, black/white lung; type-3, normal lung). Full LUS was also calculated. One hundred infants were enrolled, and seven were admitted to the NICU. The 5 infants with bilateral type-1 lung at birth were all admitted to the NICU. Infants with type-2 and/or type-3 lung were unlikely to be admitted to the NICU. Mean full-LUS was 17 in infants admitted to the NICU, and 8 in infants not admitted. In two separate binary logistic regression models, both the 3P- and the full LUS proved to be independently associated with NICU admission (OR [95% CI] 0.001 [0.000–0.058], P = .001, and 2.890 [1.472–5.672], P = .002, respectively). The ROC analysis for the 3P-LUS yielded an AUC of 0.942 (95%CI, 0.876–0.979; PPp = .261).Conclusion: the 3P-LUS performed 30 min after birth proved to be a reliable tool to identify, among term and late preterm infants born to CS, those who will require NICU admission for transient neonatal tachypnoea or respiratory distress syndrome. What is known• Lung ultrasound (LU) has become an attractive diagnostic tool in neonatal settings, and guidelines on point-of-care LU in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) have been recently issued.• LU is currently used for diagnosing several neonatal respiratory morbidities and has been also proposed for predicting further intervention, such as NICU admission, need for surfactant treatment or mechanical ventilation in preterm infants. What is new• LU performed 30′ after birth and evaluated through a simple three-point scoring system represents a reliable tool to identify, among term and late preterm infants born to caesarean section, those with transient neonatal tachypnoea or respiratory distress syndrome who will require NICU admission.• LU performed in the neonatal period confirms its potential role in ameliorating routine neonatal clinical management.
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- 2020