Lung Ultrasound in Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Ventilator Associated Pneumonia before Any Radiographic or Laboratory Changes

• Principais autores: Mohammed Ibrahim (Autor), Ahmed Omran (Autor), Mostafa Ibrahim (Autor), Nouran Bioumy (Autor), Sonya El-Sharkawy (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Neonatal pneumonia is reported to be the primary cause of neonatal respiratory failure and one of the common causes of neonatal hospitalization and death in developing countries. Chest X-ray was considered the gold standard for diagnosis of neonatal pneumonia. Lung ultrasonography has been described...