Sonographic diagnosis and follow-up of pneumonia: A prospective study

Respiration

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 537-547

  Reissig, Angelika ^a   Kroegel, Claus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, course; Sonomorphology; Transthoracic sonography of lung and pleura; Ultrasound, chest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547634879     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100427     Document Type: Article

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