ReviewEmergency (Tehran, Iran)2015
Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasonography and Radiography in Detection of Pulmonary Contusion; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Accuracy of cystatin C in prediction of acute kidney injury in children; serum or urine levels: which one works better? A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nephrology · 2017Pooled it
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- Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Blunt Chest Trauma: Diagnostic Performance and Clinical Relevance.Cureus · 2026Review
- Clinical Use of Lung Ultrasound by Emergency and Intensive Care Physicians: A Swiss National Survey.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU · 2026Article
- [Bilateral thoracic trauma-"double the trouble"?]Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Article
- Effects of Epothilone Administration on Locomotion Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review of Animal Studies.Asian spine journal · 2023Article
- Prognostic Value of CRASH and IMPACT Models for Predicting Mortality and Unfavorable Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2023Review
- Prevalence of anal fistulas: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench · 2022Review
- The Validity of Quantifying Pulmonary Contusion Extent by Lung Ultrasound Score for Predicting ARDS in Blunt Thoracic Trauma.Critical care research and practice · 2022Article
- [Risk factors for mechanical ventilation in patients with severe multiple trauma].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2020Article
- Pediatric Thoracic Injury Rule out Criteria (pTIRC) in Diagnosis of Very Low Risk Children for Traumatic Intrathoracic Injuries; a Diagnostic Accuracy Study.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2020Article
- Intranasal versus Intramuscular/Intravenous Naloxone for Pre-hospital Opioid Overdose: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Advanced journal of emergency medicine · 2020Review
- Blunt chest trauma: classification and management.Emergency radiology · 2019Review
- Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of S-100β Is A Biomarker for Spinal Cord Injury; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2019Review
- Value of Ultrasonography in Detection of Diaphragmatic Injuries Following Thoracoabdominal Penetrating Trauma; a Diagnostic Accuracy Study.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2019Article
- Ultrasonography in Detection of Renal Calculi in Children; a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2019Review
- Screening performance of Ultrasonographic B-lines in Detection of Lung Contusion following Blunt Trauma; a Diagnostic Accuracy Study.Emergency (Tehran, Iran) · 2018Article
- Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1) in Prediction of Computed Tomography Findings in Traumatic Brain Injury; a Meta-Analysis.Emergency (Tehran, Iran) · 2018Review
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionUltrasonography is currently being used as one of the diagnostic modalities in various medical emergencies for screening of trauma patients. The diagnostic value of this modality in detection of traumatic chest injuries has been evaluated by several studies but its diagnostic accuracy in diagnosis of pulmonary contusion is a matter of discussion. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography and radiography in detection of pulmonary contusion through a systematic review and meta-analysis.
methodsAn extended systematic search was performed by two reviewers in databases of Medline, EMBASE, ISI Web of Knowledge, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and ProQuest. They extracted the data and assessed the quality of the studies. After summarization of data into true positive, false positive, true negative, and false negative meta-analysis was carried out via a mixed-effects binary regression model. Further subgroup analysis was performed due to a significant heterogeneity between the studies.
results12 studies were included in this meta-analysis (1681 chest trauma patients, 76% male). Pooled sensitivity of ultrasonography in detection of pulmonary contusion was 0.92 (95% CI: 0.81-0.96; I2= 95.81, p<0.001) and its pooled specificity was calculated to be 0.89 (95% CI: 0.85-0.93; I2 = 67.29, p<0.001) while these figures for chest radiography were 0.44 (95% CI: 0.32-0.58; I2= 87.52, p<0.001) and 0.98 (95% CI: 0.88-1.0; I2= 95.22, p<0.001), respectively. Subgroup analysis showed that the sources of heterogeneity between the studies were sampling method, operator, frequency of the transducer, and sample size.
conclusionUltrasonography was found to be a better screening tool in detection of pulmonary contusion. Moreover, an ultrasonography performed by a radiologist / intensivist with 1-5MHz probe has a higher diagnostic value in identifying pulmonary contusions.
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