Quantitative analysis of lung ultrasonography for the detection of community-acquired pneumonia: A pilot study

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Corradi, Francesco ^a   Brusasco, Claudia ^b   Garlaschi, Alessandro ^c   Paparo, Francesco ^a   Ball, Lorenzo ^c   Santori, Gregorio ^b   Pelosi, Paolo ^c   Altomonte, Fiorella ^c   Vezzani, Antonella ^d   Brusasco, Vito ^b  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LUNG ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUNG; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG; PILOT PROJECTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84924559449     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/868707     Document Type: Article

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