title: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Diaphragmatic Hernia in an Infant With Respiratory Distress.
abstract: Neonatal respiratory distress is an emergent condition with a wide differential diagnosis. A 12-day-old newborn presented to the emergency department in respiratory distress. Point-of-care ultrasound allowed clinicians to rapidly exclude cardiac disease and pneumothorax as possible causes of the patient's respiratory distress, and expedited the identification of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The ultrasound findings and technique, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and radiological diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Emergency and Transport Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; †University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine; ‡Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Jessica H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.forename: Marsha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elkhunovich
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seif
authors.forename: Mikaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chilstrom
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*