Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in children: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 714-722

  Pereda, Maria A ^a   Chavez, Miguel A ^a,c   Hooper Miele, Catherine C ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^b   Steinhoff, Mark C ^d   Ellington, Laura E ^a   Gross, Margaret ^a   Price, Carrie ^a   Tielsch, James M ^e   Checkley, William ^a,b,c  

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

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

^c ABPRISMA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG ULTRASOUND; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOGRAPHER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LUNG; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LUNG; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927740670     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-2833     Document Type: Review

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