Lung ultrasonography for the diagnosis and monitoring of neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome / 中国小儿急救医学

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.