Effectiveness of lung ultrasonography for diagnosis of pneumonia in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2822-2831

  Xia, Yang ^a   Ying, Yinghua ^a   Wang, Shaobin ^a   Li, Wen ^a   Shen, Huahao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lung ultrasound (LUS); Meta analysis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LUNG ULTRASONOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PUBLICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84995511083     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2016.09.38     Document Type: Article

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