Chest sonography images in neonatal r.d.s. And proposed grading
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR) - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 11
Abstract
[b]BACKGROUND[/b] : Lung sonography has been used to monitor the patients of R.D.S. in N.I.C.U. in recent times. [b]AIMS :[/b] To Describe and Grade the changes of R.D.S. by lung sonography. [b]SETTING & DESIGN :[/b] Tertiary care institutional set up in a rural medical college. [b]STUDY DURATION :[/b] September 2014 to May 2015. Follow-up variable, upto 2 weeks. [b]PROSPECTIVE, ANALYTICAL STUDY.[/b] [b]MATERIALS AND METHODS -[/b]This was a single institute study approved by the institutional ethics committee. Prior informed consent was obtained from the parents. 100 consecutive patients admitted in N.I.C.U. WITH gestational age < 36 weeks with respiratory complaints were enrolled. Chest x-ray was obtained within few hours of admission and lung sonography was performed within 24 hours. Follow – up sonography was performed as and when necessary. Sonography image was graded and correlated with chest xray and clinical picture.
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PRADEEP KULKARNI, NIKIT MEHTA, VASUDHA JADHAV
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