[Sonography in intensive care medicine?].

It is out of question: Sonography should be the first diagnostic step in viewing the intestines, child's brain and in some parts, the organs of basal thorax. It is the method of first choice regarding the possibility of instantaneous application and permanent reproduction.

[2-dimensional echoencephalography or cranial CT in premature or newborn infants with suspected intracranial hemorrhages].

65 newborns or low-birthweight infants with suspicion of intracranial hemorrhage were examined with B-mode small part scanners. In 12 cases the diagnosis made by ultrasound could be compared with CT. There was a similar accuracy of both methods in case of intraventricular (IVH) and subependymal (SEH) hemorrhage.