Editorial: Application of lung ultrasound in the management of pediatric lung diseases

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Editorial on the Research Topic Application of lung ultrasound in the management of pediatric lung diseases Thirteen years of pediatric lung ultrasoundLung ultrasound (LUS) has probably been underutilised in paediatrics; however, despite alternating phases of interest, its indications have expanded over time.Since 2010, LUS has been introduced in paediatrics to assess the opacities detected by CXR. For example, it was proposed to examine the radiological finding of a white hemithorax. LUS was exploited for the differential diagnosis between lung pathology and conditions affecting the pleura, mediastinum and thoracic wall.However, until 2015 more attention was paid to the limitations than the method's advantages. The most critical limitations were TYPE