ArticleThe British journal of radiology2016
First-line diagnosis of paediatric pneumonia in emergency: lung ultrasound (LUS) in addition to chest-X-ray (CXR) and its role in follow-up.
Article in The British journal of radiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03744169 (Use of Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound to Diagnose the Etiology of Acute Respiratory Failure in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Use of Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound to Diagnose the Etiology of Acute Respiratory Failure in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the accuracy of lung ultrasound and chest radiography in diagnosing community acquired pneumonia in children.Pediatric pulmonology · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of lung ultrasound and chest radiography for detecting pneumonia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Management strategies for children with COVID-19: ESPR practical recommendations.Pediatric radiology · 2020Guideline
- Characterisation of COVID-19 Pandemic in Paediatric Age Group: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2020Pooled it
- Lung Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Meta-analysis.Ultrasound quarterly · 2020Pooled it
- Diagnostic value of signs, symptoms and diagnostic tests for diagnosing pneumonia in ambulant children in developed countries: a systematic review.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Lung Ultrasound in Children: Principles, Techniques, and Clinical Applications.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Role of Thoracic Ultrasound in the Management of Parapneumonic Effusion According to the Proposed Algorithm/Classification in Pediatric Pneumonia: A Single Center Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Lung Ultrasound for Pneumonia in Acutely and Critically Ill Neonates, Children, and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Earlier Detection of Pediatric Pneumonia.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Thoracic ultrasound for diagnosing pneumopathies in neotropical primates.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Accuracy of Thoracic Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The role of Lung Ultrasound in the diagnosis of SARS-COV-2 disease in pregnant women.Journal of ultrasound · 2023Observational
- The utility of chest x-ray and lung ultrasound in the management of infants and children presenting with severe pneumonia in low-and middle-income countries: A pragmatic scoping review.Journal of global health · 2022Article
- Review
- Chest Computed Tomography (CT) as a Predictor of Clinical Course in Coronavirus Disease.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2021Article
- Response to Comment on Jaworska, J. et al. Consensus on the Application of Lung Ultrasound in Pneumonia and Bronchiolitis in Children.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Ten Years of Pediatric Lung Ultrasound: A Narrative Review.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- Consensus on the Application of Lung Ultrasound in Pneumonia and Bronchiolitis in Children.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Radiological diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): a Practical Guide.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2020Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveThe role of lung ultrasound (LUS) integrated with chest X-ray (CXR) for the first-line diagnosis of paediatric pneumonia; to define its role during the follow-up to exclude complications.
methodsWe performed a retrospective review of a cohort including 84 consecutive children (age range: 3-16 years; mean age: 6 years; 44 males, 40 females) with clinical signs of cough and fever. All the patients underwent CXR at admission integrated with LUS. Those positive at LUS were followed up with LUS until the complete resolution of the disease.
resultsCXR showed 47/84 pneumonic findings. LUS showed 60/84 pneumonic findings; 34/60 pneumonic findings had a typical pattern of lung consolidation; 26/60 pneumonic findings showed association of multiple B-lines, findings consistent with interstitial involvement, and small and hidden consolidations not achievable by CXR. One case was negative at LUS because of retroscapular location. 60 patients were followed up with LUS; 28/60 patients showed a complete regression of the disease; 23/60 patients had a significant decrease in size of consolidation; 9/60 patients showed disease stability or insignificant decrease in size, thus requiring adjunctive LUS examinations.
conclusionLUS, integrated with CXR, revealed to be an accurate first-line technique to identify small pneumonic consolidations, especially for "CXR-occult" findings, and for early diagnosis of pleural effusion; furthermore, LUS follow-up allows complications to be verified and additional radiation exposures to be avoided. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: The effective role of LUS in the diagnosis and follow-up of lung consolidations and pleural effusions in paediatric patients in an emergency setting.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.