Lung ultrasound characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-287

  Caiulo, Vito Antonio ^a   Gargani, Luna ^b   Caiulo, Silvana ^c   Fisicaro, Andrea ^c   Moramarco, Fulvio ^a   Latini, Giuseppe ^a   Picano, Eugenio ^b   Mele, Giuseppe ^d  

^a PERRINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Institute of Clinical Physiology   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Italian Federation of Pediatricians   (Italy)

Author keywords

B lines; chest X ray; lung ultrasound; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84874109431     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22585     Document Type: Article

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