Scientific progress volume ǀ issue ǀ

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ISSUE 2 
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2022 
ISSN: 2181-1601
Uzbekistan
 
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Page 673
Medical Institute from September 21, 2021 to February 10, 2022. The infants were 
admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and the Department of Newborn Pathology.
 
The group consisted of 25 boys (62.5%) and 15 girls (37.5%). 27 children (67.5%) were 
born prematurely; 11 of these children (27.5%) were born after less than 30 weeks 
gestation (extreme prematurity). A total of 80 neonatal radiographs were taken; of these, 
55 were chest radiographs (66.2%) and the rest were from routine abdominal 
radiographs and intestinal transit studies. All radiographs were assessed and the 
observed pathologies summarised. 
Results
: In the study group of children, the radiological picture of the lungs was 
normal in 29 neonates (34.4%). In 13 cases where the first lung image was normal, the 
second image revealed pathology; in 9 cases pathology was described after at least 3 
radiographs. The most common pathology detected on the control images of newborns 
with a normal chest image on the first image was pneumonitis (n = 9), followed by 
infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) (n = 5); in the remaining cases, there were 
no abnormalities on the images or only the first image was taken (n = 8). 
The final chest photograph showed no abnormalities in 40 neonates (48.8%).
Fig.1. Patient M. 2 months postnatal chest radiograph showing decreased aeration of 
the lung tissue 
Radiological signs observed in the main group at hospitalization were: decreased 
aeration of lung tissue ( n = 55), increased aeration of lung tissue ( n = 9), atelectasis ( n 
= 5), edema changes ( n = 3), pneumothorax ( n = 3). (n = 2), pathological dilation of 
the mediastinal shadow ( n = 4); in 4 cases concomitant pulmonary tissue pathologies 
did not allow evaluation. Increased pulmonary blood flow was noted in 4 neonates; in 1 
case the cardiac silhouette could not be assessed, in the remaining 3 cases the heart 
dimensions were normal. In 1 patient there was a decrease in pulmonary blood flow 
with a concomitant increase in cardiac silhouette (cardiothoracic coefficient > 0.7). 
Among the patients in whom decreased aeration of pulmonary tissue was 
observed on chest radiographs, the most common nosological form was pneumonitis, 

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