Lung ultrasonography for the diagnosis and monitoring of neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4912.2019.08.006
- VernacularTitle:新生儿胎粪吸入综合征的超声诊断
- Author:
Biying DENG
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Author Information
1. 广东医科大学附属东莞儿童医院新生儿科 523235
- Keywords:
Meconium aspiration syndrome;
Ultrasonic diagnosis
- From:
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2019;26(8):583-587
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome( MAS) is a common critical disease and one of the main risk factors leading to death in newborns. MAS was diagnosed mainly by chest X-ray in the past,but can now easily be diagnosed with lung ultrasound. It can reflect the degree of pathological changes in different parts of the lung through multi-angle scanning,and has many advantages over X-ray including accuracy,relia-bility,low-cost and simplicity,as well as the fact that ultrasound incurs no risk of radiation damage. It is therefore feasible and convenient to perform at the bedside in a neonatal ward. This paper summarized the sonographic characteristics of MAS,and introduced other applications of lung ultrasonography in the clinical treatment of MAS.
