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Neonatal RDS and LUS, is the debate still open?
  • Alessandro Perri,
  • Milena Tana,
  • Giovanni Vento
Alessandro Perri
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Child Health Area; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS

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Milena Tana
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Child Health Area; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS
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Giovanni Vento
ondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italia.
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Abstract

We read the letter to the editor “B-lines score: artifacts as a sign of neonatal specific disease?” by Quarato et al. and we are pleased by the interest aroused by our article “Neonatal lung ultrasonography score after surfactant in preterm infants: A prospective observational study” published on your journal. This study included preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), requiring non-invasive ventilation and surfactant. The aim of our citated study was to asses changes of a validated neonatal lung ultrasonography score (nLUS) after surfactant treatment. Our data demonstrate a lowering of the nLUS 2h and 12h after surfactant treatment. In their letter to the editor Quarato et al. expressed criticism about the nLUS score validation and about the utility of the Lung Ultrasound (LUS) as a diagnostic tool. They conclude that “LUS can be used only for diagnosing minimal pleural effusion and, at least, as complementary imaging, in addiction to chest radiographs (CR), for monitoring the reduction of subpleural pneumonitic consolidations under therapy”. Our citated study hasn’t focused on validation of the nLUS score or on LUS as a diagnostic tool for neonatal RDS, so we don’t get how Quarato’s concerns can be addressed to our paper. Nevertheless, finding the debate about nLUS or LUS in the neonatal field an occasion to promote an improving in the care of the preterm babies, we will discuss objections raised in Quadrato’s work, point by point.
28 Jun 2020Submitted to Pediatric Pulmonology
29 Jun 2020Submission Checks Completed
29 Jun 2020Assigned to Editor
29 Jun 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
02 Jul 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
04 Jul 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
05 Jul 20201st Revision Received
06 Jul 2020Assigned to Editor
06 Jul 2020Submission Checks Completed
06 Jul 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
06 Jul 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
08 Jul 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
13 Jul 20202nd Revision Received
15 Jul 2020Assigned to Editor
15 Jul 2020Submission Checks Completed
15 Jul 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
15 Jul 2020Editorial Decision: Accept
04 Aug 2020Published in Pediatric Pulmonology. 10.1002/ppul.24987