CHARACTERISTICS OF LUNG ULTRASOUND IN DIAGNOSIS OF COMPLICATED PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN

Ngô Minh Xuân

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Objective: To investigate some features of ultrasound in pediatric patients with complicated pneumonia.  Subjects and methods: The pediatric patients who were diagnosed with pneumonia at the Respiratory Department and other departments at Children's Hospital I - Ho Chi Minh City from September 2018 to September 2018. 7/2019. Methods: Retrospective combined prospective study (case description). Study on characteristics of lung ultrasound in pediatric patients with complicated pneumonia with CT scan as the diagnostic gold standard. Results: The common signs of basic pneumonia were, in order, signs of consolidation, loss of signs of pleural slip and line B with the rates of 94.3%, 28.6% and 20, 0% respectively. The common signs of pneumonia complications are, in order, the quad sign, signoid sign and lung point sign with the rate of 53.4%, 25.7% and 14.3%, respectively. Atelectasis, pleural effusion, necrotizing pneumonia, and pneumothorax are common complications of pneumonia, with rates of 62.9%, 57.1%, 40% and 14.3%, respectively.  Conclusion: Lung ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging tool with high economic value compared to other imaging methods such as chest computed tomography, Magnetic resonance imaging...

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