Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Respiratory Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chavez, Miguel A ^a,b   Shams, Navid ^a   Ellington, Laura E ^a   Naithani, Neha ^c   Gilman, Robert H ^c   Steinhoff, Mark C ^d   Santosham, Mathuram ^c   Black, Robert E ^c   Price, Carrie ^a   Gross, Margaret ^a   Checkley, William ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung ultrasound; Meta analysis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ULTRASOUND; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ECHOGRAPHY; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LUNG; PNEUMONIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84899911053     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-15-50     Document Type: Article

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