Diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasonography combined with procalcitonin for the diagnosis of pneumonia: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: The diagnostic value of lung ultrasonography (LUS) and procalcitonin (PCT) in the diagnosis of lung infections is known. No studies evaluated the combination of LUS and PCT for the diagnosis of pneumonia in the emergency department (ED). We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of the combin...

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Autores principales: Nazerian, Peiman, Cerini, Gabriele, Vanni, Simone, Gigli, Chiara, Zanobetti, Maurizio, Bartolucci, Maurizio, Grifoni, Stefano, Volpicelli, Giovanni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2016
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27830508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13089-016-0054-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27830508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13089-016-0054-8

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