Point of care diaphragm ultrasound in acute bronchiolitis: a
measurable tool to predict the clinical, sonographic severity of the
disease and outcomes
Nihan Şık, MD¹, Hale Çitlenbik, MD¹, Ali Öztürk, MD¹, Durgül Yılmaz,
Prof.¹, Murat Duman, Prof.¹
¹ Division of Pediatric Emergency Care, Department of Pediatrics, Dokuz
Eylul University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Corresponding author: Prof. Dr. Murat Duman, Division of Pediatric
Emergency Care, Department of Pediatrics, Dokuz Eylul University,
Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. e-mail:mduman@deu.edu.tr,
Tel:+902324126015
Keywords: acute bronchiolitis, children, diaphragm ultrasound,
imaging