Administration of IPPB to distinguish the pleural from parenchymal components of an opaque hemithorax.
Expansion of consolidated lung by positive pressure facilitates identification of a pleural parenchymal interface in the baby with an opaque hemithorax.
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic