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Use of Lung Ultrasound in Children With Acute Bronchiolitis

NCT03280732 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 87

Last updated 2022-02-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Bronchiolitis is the leading cause of hospitalization in infants. The diagnosis is clinical and chest x-ray (CXR) should be reserved for severe cases in which signs of pulmonary complications are present. Nevertheless, CXR is performed in more than 50% of hospitalized patients with bronchiolitis, which exposes infants to ionizing radiation.

Data on the possible role of lung ultrasound (LUS) in children with bronchiolitis and suspected pulmonary complications have not been published yet.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of LUS compared to CXR in diagnosing and monitoring pulmonary complications (pneumonia, pleural effusion, pneumothorax) in children with acute bronchiolitis. The second purpose of the study is to evaluate the correlation between clinical course and ultrasound findings in children with bronchiolitis.

The inclusion of LUS in the diagnostic work-up of bronchiolitis could possibly reduce the misuse of CXR in infants and the exposure to ionizing radiations.

Conditions

  • Bronchiolitis Acute

Interventions

DEVICE

Lung Ultrasound

A Mindray-DC-T6 ultrasound machine equipped with a linear probe with frequencies ranging from 7.5 to 12 MHz will be use. LUS examination will consist of both longitudinal and transversal sections according to the methodology described by Copetti and colleagues.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marcello Lanari, Professor · Pediatric Emergency Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Max Age
24 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2017-04-30
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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