Can lung ultrasound replace chest radiography for the diagnosis of pneumonia in hospitalized children?

Respiration

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-115

  Reali, Francesca ^a   Sferrazza Papa, Giuseppe Francesco ^a   Carlucci, Paolo ^a   Fracasso, Paola ^a   Di Marco, Fabiano ^a   Mandelli, Marzia ^a   Soldi, Simone ^a   Riva, Enrica ^a   Centanni, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Lung sonography; Pediatric pneumonia; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; INFANT; LUNG; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICIAN; PULMONOLOGIST; THORAX PAIN; ULTRASOUND;

CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 84927760899     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362692     Document Type: Article

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