Lung ultrasound and chest x-ray for detecting pneumonia in an acute geriatric ward

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 27, 2016, Pages

  Ticinesi, Andrea ^a,b   Lauretani, Fulvio ^a,b   Nouvenne, Antonio ^a,b   Mori, Giulia ^a,b   Chiussi, Giulia ^a   Maggio, Marcello ^b   Meschi, Tiziana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bedside ultrasound; chest radiography; chest ultrasound; frailty; geriatric care; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROCKWOOD CLINICAL FRAILTY SCALE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; LUNG; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84978640164     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004153     Document Type: Article

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