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Lung ultrasound as a diagnostic tool for radiographically-confirmed pneumonia in low resource settings

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide; however, its diagnosis can be challenging, especially in settings where skilled clinicians or standard imaging are unavailable. We sought to determine the diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound when compared t...

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Autores principales: Ellington, Laura E., Gilman, Robert H., Chavez, Miguel A., Pervaiz, Farhan, Marin-Concha, Julio, Compen-Chang, Patricia, Riedel, Stefan, Rodriguez, Shalim J., Gaydos, Charlotte, Hardick, Justin, Tielsch, James M., Steinhoff, Mark, Benson, Jane, May, Evelyn A., Figueroa-Quintanilla, Dante, Checkley, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5480773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28610670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2017.05.007