title: Underutilized ultrasound applications in the neonatal intensive care unit.
abstract: Bedside duplex/color Doppler sonography is used for a wide gamut of abnormalities encountered in the neonatal intensive care unit. This article emphasizes the use of bedside sonography for evaluation of infants with necrotizing enterocolitis, infants requiring line placement, and those in whom a diaphragmatic abnormality is suspected. Although the assessment of those infants requires excellent operator skills, learning to do so is a definite benefit to these babies who would otherwise be exposed to ionizing radiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Engel
authors.forename: Cicero
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: T Rob
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / Q000379:methods*