Lung ultrasound in the diagnosis and follow-up of community-acquired pneumonia: A prospective, multicenter, diagnostic accuracy study

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 965-972

  Reissig, Angelika ^a   Copetti, Roberto ^b   Mathis, Gebhard ^c   Mempel, Christine ^d   Schuler, Andreas ^e   Zechner, Peter ^f   Aliberti, Stefano ^g   Neumann, Rotraud ^a   Kroegel, Claus ^a   Hoyer, Heike ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Latisana General Hospital   (Italy)

^c Medical Practice   (Austria)

^d HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^e Department of Internal Medicine   (Germany)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AIR BRONCHOGRAM; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84867125666     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-0364     Document Type: Article

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