Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Guidelines do not currently recommend the use of lung ultrasound (LUS) as an alternative to chest X-ray (CXR) or chest computerized tomography (CT) scan for the diagnosis of pneumonia. We conducted a meta-analysis to summarize existing evidence of the diagnostic accuracy of LUS for pneum...

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Autores principales: Chavez, Miguel A, Shams, Navid, Ellington, Laura E, Naithani, Neha, Gilman, Robert H, Steinhoff, Mark C, Santosham, Mathuram, Black, Robert E, Price, Carrie, Gross, Margaret, Checkley, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24758612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-15-50

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24758612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-15-50

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