Prospective evaluation of point-of-care ultrasonography for the diagnosis of pneumonia in children and young adults

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-125

  Shah, Vaishali P ^a   Tunik, Michael G ^b   Tsung, James W ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BIRTH; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CONSODILATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POINT OF CARE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOGRAPHIC AIR BRONCHOGRAM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873445411     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.107     Document Type: Review

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