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Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of childhood pneumonia: a safe and accurate imaging mode

Pneumonia is the most common infectious cause of mortality in children worldwide. Chest x-ray (CXR) has been used as a supplementary mode in the diagnosis of pneumonia in children, but its frequent use might expose children to unnecessary ionizing radiation. In this review, we present up-to-date dat...

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Autores principales: Hendaus, Mohamed Ata, Jomha, Fatima Ahmed, Alhammadi, Ahmed Hassan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677334
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S96222