Ultrasonography of the lungs and pleurae for the diagnosis of pneumonia in children: Prime time for routine use

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-188

  Darge, Kassa ^a,b   Chen, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84873446009     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.409     Document Type: Editorial

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