Performance of lung ultrasonography in children with community-acquired pneumonia

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Esposito, Susanna ^a   Papa, Simone Sferrazza ^a   Borzani, Irene ^b   Pinzani, Raffaella ^a   Giannitto, Caterina ^b   Consonni, Dario ^b   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Community acquired pneumonia; Lower respiratory tract infection; Lung ultrasonography; Pneumonia; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84900391592     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-40-37     Document Type: Article

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