Lung ultrasound completely replaced chest X-ray for diagnosing neonatal lung diseases: a 3-year clinical practice report from a neonatal intensive care unit in China

Abstract

Our 3-year clinical practice experience indicated that LUS could completely replace chest X-ray for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of NLDs in the NICU. Compared with X-ray, LUS had higher accuracy and reliability in diagnosing NLDs.