Almudena Alonso-Ojembarrena, Harald Ehrhardt, Merih Cetinkaya, Anna Lavizzari, Tomasz Szczapa, Victor Sartorius, Gustavo Rocha, Richard Sindelar, Martin Wald, Christian Heiring, Hanna Soukka, Olivier Danhaive, Charles C Roehr, Manuela Cucerea, Andrea Calkovska, Gabriel Dimitriou, Bernard Barzilay, Claus Klingenberg, Sven Schulzke, Richard Plavka, Rasa Tameliene, Colm Patrick Finbarr O'Donnell, Anton H van Kaam
OBJECTIVE: Regarding the use of lung ultrasound (LU) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across Europe, to assess how widely it is used, for what indications and how its implementation might be improved. DESIGN AND INTERVENTION: International online survey. RESULTS: Replies were received from 560 NICUs in 24 countries between January and May 2023. LU uptake varied considerably (20%-98% of NICUs) between countries. In 428 units (76%), LU was used for clinical indications, while 34 units (6%) only used it for research purposes...
April 11, 2024: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition