Rapid Assessment of the Neonate With Sonography (RANS) Scan

J Ultrasound Med. 2019 Jun;38(6):1599-1609. doi: 10.1002/jum.14825. Epub 2018 Sep 23.

Abstract

The use of point-of-care sonography in clinical settings such as emergency medicine and intensive care units has increased, but adoption in neonatology has been slow. Unlike the focused assessment with sonography for trauma scan used in adults, a quick bedside scan to rapidly evaluate an acutely deteriorating neonate does not exist. The objective of our article is to introduce a focused bedside ultrasound scan that is easy to learn, rapidly performed, and relatively inexpensive.© 2018 by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

Keywords: neonatal ICU; neonate; point-of-care sonogrpahy; ultrasound.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Critical Care / methods*
  • Emergency Medicine / methods*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Neonatology
  • Point-of-Care Systems*
  • Ultrasonography / methods*