Point-of-care chest ultrasound in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Main Authors: Francesco Raimondi (Author), Fiorella Migliaro (Author), Angela Sodano (Author), Gianfranco Vallone (Author), Teresa Ferrara (Author), Sergio Maddaluno (Author), Clara Coppola (Author), Letizia Capasso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella, 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chest ultrasound is a useful diagnostic tool in adult emergency medicine. Echography does not generate a clear image of the lung but is able to generate artifacts that are combined in disease-specific profiles. Reflections of the pleural image appear as short straight lines also known as A-lines. Ve...