Lung ultrasound (LUS) has recently become a frequently used diagnostic tool in everyday pediatric clinical practice among both clinicians and radiologists. Its application comprises both congenital and acquired lung diseases. It can significantly reduce the use of chest X-rays (CXRs) in the pediatric population from its application in neonatal intensive care to the detection of pediatric pneumonia. It has been proven that LUS has a higher accuracy in detection of pneumonia compared to auscultation and CXRs.Dynamic monitoring of changes in neonatal pulmonary conditions is one of the major advantages of LUS, which can help neonatologists in decision-making in this most vulnerable group of children. LUS also enables a more focused pulmonary rehabilitation of children by pointing precisely to the poorly ventilated areas that need treatment.Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in complicated pneumonia, both intravenous and intracavitary, is also gaining increasing acceptance in pediatric imaging.LUS has been recently used in quantifying subclinical fluid overload (hidden lung congestion) in infants and children on dialysis.
The goal of this Research Topic of Frontiers in Pediatrics is to promote the use of lung ultrasound in the pediatric population,to address the current controversies of its application, to establish uniform diagnostic protocols and criteria for both congenital and acquired lung diseases, and to emphasize all the benefits, potentials, as well as limitations and disadvantages of lung ultrasound in comparison with other diagnostic modalities (chest X-rays and computed tomography).
We welcome submissions of Original Research articles, Reviews, and Case Reports on the application of ultrasound in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of neonatal and pediatric lung diseases. Topics of interest include but are not limited to, the following aspects.
1.Novel findings of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of lung disease, especially the related multi-center prospective studies.
2.Application of lung ultrasound in guiding neonatal and pediatric mechanical ventilation.
3.Application of lung ultrasound in guiding the administration of exogenous pulmonary surfactant.
Lung ultrasound (LUS) has recently become a frequently used diagnostic tool in everyday pediatric clinical practice among both clinicians and radiologists. Its application comprises both congenital and acquired lung diseases. It can significantly reduce the use of chest X-rays (CXRs) in the pediatric population from its application in neonatal intensive care to the detection of pediatric pneumonia. It has been proven that LUS has a higher accuracy in detection of pneumonia compared to auscultation and CXRs.Dynamic monitoring of changes in neonatal pulmonary conditions is one of the major advantages of LUS, which can help neonatologists in decision-making in this most vulnerable group of children. LUS also enables a more focused pulmonary rehabilitation of children by pointing precisely to the poorly ventilated areas that need treatment.Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in complicated pneumonia, both intravenous and intracavitary, is also gaining increasing acceptance in pediatric imaging.LUS has been recently used in quantifying subclinical fluid overload (hidden lung congestion) in infants and children on dialysis.
The goal of this Research Topic of Frontiers in Pediatrics is to promote the use of lung ultrasound in the pediatric population,to address the current controversies of its application, to establish uniform diagnostic protocols and criteria for both congenital and acquired lung diseases, and to emphasize all the benefits, potentials, as well as limitations and disadvantages of lung ultrasound in comparison with other diagnostic modalities (chest X-rays and computed tomography).
We welcome submissions of Original Research articles, Reviews, and Case Reports on the application of ultrasound in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of neonatal and pediatric lung diseases. Topics of interest include but are not limited to, the following aspects.
1.Novel findings of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of lung disease, especially the related multi-center prospective studies.
2.Application of lung ultrasound in guiding neonatal and pediatric mechanical ventilation.
3.Application of lung ultrasound in guiding the administration of exogenous pulmonary surfactant.