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

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Long, Ling ^a   Zhao, Hao Tian ^a   Zhang, Zhi Yang ^a   Wang, Guang Ying ^a   Zhao, He Ling ^a  

^a HEBEI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Diagnosis; Lung ultrasound; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUNG;

HUMANS; LUNG; PNEUMONIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85010376110     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005713     Document Type: Review

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