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Fig. 2

From: Guidelines for the use of lung ultrasound to optimise the management of neonatal respiratory distress: international expert consensus

Fig. 2

No need MV after BAL. This was a premature infant with a gestational age of 30 weeks and a birth weight of 1430g. Re-invasive MV was needed because of reemergence of severe dyspnea during hospitalization. LUS showed large area of lung consolidation and atelectasis in the right lung (A). After several times of BAL, re-examination of LUS showed that the lung consolidation completely disappeared, only a few B-lines existed (B), and thus the invasive MV could be removed

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