Ultrasound has been used to observe lung aeration and fluid clearance during the neonatal transition period, but there is no consensus regarding optimal timing of ultrasound. We aimed monitor trend serial ultrasound score (LUS) extended LUS (eLUS) throughout period (≤1, 2, 4, 8, 24, 48 h after birth), assess any correlation clinical presentation (using Silverman Andersen Respiratory Severity Sc...

In recent years, oxygen targeting has become a relevant topic in neonatal intensive care medicine.1 Despite large SpO2 targeting trials including numerous subjects and the available results of a meta-analysis of these data,2,3 there is still an ongoing debate on the optimum SpO2 target range in preterm infants. Both conditions, hyperoxia as well as hypoxia, frequently occur in extremely low bir...