Diagnostic accuracy of sonography for pleural effusion: Systematic review;Acurácia diagnóstica da ultrassonografia nos derrames pleurais: Revisão sistemática

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-95

  Grimberg, Alexandre ^a   Shigueoka, David Carlos ^a   Atallah, Álvaro Nagib ^a   Ajzen, Sergio ^a   Iared, Wagner ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Meta analysis publication type ; Pleural effusion; Review publication type ; Sensitivity and specificity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CITATION ANALYSIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 77955818647     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802010000200009     Document Type: Review

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