Diagnostic accuracy of chest ultrasonography versus chest radiography for identification of pneumothorax: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 29-40

  Ebrahimi, Ali ^a   Yousefifard, Mahmoud ^b   Kazemi, Hossein Mohammad ^a   Rasouli, Hamid Reza ^a   Asady, Hadi ^c   Jafari, Ali Moghadas ^d   Hosseini, Mostafa ^c  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Pneumothorax; Radiography; Routine; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84925010286     PISSN: 17350344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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