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Role of Transthoracic Lung Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Recommendations for Lung Ultrasound in Internal Medicine.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Guideline
- Retrospective analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound for pulmonary embolism in patients with and without pleuritic chest pain.The ultrasound journal · 2022Article
- Point-of-care ultrasound for critically-ill patients: A mini-review of key diagnostic features and protocols.World journal of critical care medicine · 2022Review
- Lung ultrasound in the emergency department - a valuable tool in the management of patients presenting with respiratory symptoms during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.BMC emergency medicine · 2020Article
- Impact of Bedside Combined Cardiopulmonary Ultrasound on Etiological Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Respiratory Failure in Critically Ill Patients.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2020Article
- [Use of lung and pleural ultrasonography in emergency and intensive care medicine].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2019Review
- Imaging the Injured Lung: Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Use.Anesthesiology · 2019Review
- Pulmonary Embolism for the Cardiologist: Emphasis on Diagnosis.Current cardiology reports · 2018Review
- Polish recommendations for lung ultrasound in internal medicine (POLLUS-IM).Journal of ultrasonography · 2018Article
- Evaluation of the Diagnostic Role of Bedside Lung Ultrasonography in Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department.Balkan medical journal · 2017Article
- Is a linear probe helpful in diagnosing diseases of pulmonary interstitial spaces?Journal of ultrasonography · 2017Article
- Thoracic Ultrasound: What Non-radiologists Need to Know.Current pulmonology reports · 2017Review
- The efficacy of bedside chest ultrasound: from accuracy to outcomes.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2016Review
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Abstract
backgroundPulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening condition. Although computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is the reference standard for diagnosis, its early diagnosis remains a challenge, and the concerns about the radiation exposures further limit the general use of CTPA. The primary aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the overall diagnostic accuracy of transthoracic lung ultrasound (TLS) in the diagnosis of PE.
methodsPubMed, Web of science, OvidSP, ProQuest, EBSCO, Cochrane Library and Clinicaltrial.gov were searched systematically. The quality of included studies was assessed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 tool. The sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) and hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic (HSROC) curves were used to examine the TS performance. The Bayes analysis was used to calculate the post-test probability of PE. Publication bias was assessed with Deeks funnel plot.
resultsThe results indicated that the sensitivity, specificity, PLR and NLR were 0.85 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.78 to 0.90), and 0.83 (95% CI, 0.73 to 0.90). And the DOR and HSROC were 28.82 (95% CI, 17.60 to 47.21), 0.91(95% CI, 0.88, 0.93).
conclusionsThe present meta-analysis suggested that transthoracic lung ultrasonography is helpful in diagnosing pulmonary embolism. Although the application of transthoracic lung ultrasound may change some patients' diagnostic processes, it is inappropriate to generally use transthoracic ultrasonography in diagnosing pulmonary embolism currently.
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