Lung ultrasonography: An effective way to diagnose community-acquired pneumonia

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 433-438

  Liu, Xiao Lei ^a   Lian, Rui ^a   Tao, Yong Kang ^a   Gu, Cheng Dong ^a   Zhang, Guo Qiang ^a  

^a CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOCAL INTERSTITIAL PATTERN; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LUNG CONSOLIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURAL LINE ABNORMALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBPLEURAL LESION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CHINA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEIJING; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84930342983     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203039     Document Type: Article

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