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Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in adults: A meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04645030 (The Value of Ultralow Dosis CT and Ultrasound in the Diagnosing of Pneumonia in the Emergency Department), which is not on this map. Cited by 77 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Value of Ultralow Dosis CT and Ultrasound in the Diagnosing of Pneumonia in the Emergency Department
Who cites it
77 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 174 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of lung ultrasound and chest radiography for detecting pneumonia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines for Evaluating New Fever in Adult Patients in the ICU.Critical care medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Recommendations for Lung Ultrasound in Internal Medicine.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Guideline
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- Assessment of an Ultrasonography-Based Algorithm for Detecting the Causes of Acute Dyspnea in an Emergency Hospital.Medeniyet medical journal · 2026Article
- Impact of Prehospital Lung Ultrasound on Diagnostic Precision and Hospital Transport in Patients with Dyspnea and Respiratory Failure: A Retrospective Comparative Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Lung ultrasound vs chest radiography for pneumonia diagnosis in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and Bayesian network diagnostic meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Patient radiation safety in the intensive care unit.The British journal of radiology · 2025Review
- Evaluating general practitioners' focused lung ultrasound competence and findings in patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia in general practice.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Article
- Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis and monitoring of pneumonia in a tuberculosis-endemic setting: a prospective study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Lung ultrasound in pneumonia: a guide for effective implementation.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Evaluation of the application value of ultrasound in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in children: a preliminary study based on large-scale outpatient cases.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Classification of pulmonary diseases from chest radiographs using deep transfer learning.PloS one · 2025Article
- Role of VATS-US in identifying and characterizing pulmonary nodules: a narrative review.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Review
- Comparing Ultrasound, Chest X-Ray, and CT Scan for Pneumonia Detection.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- A Review on Risk Factors, Traditional Diagnostic Techniques, and Biomarkers for Pneumonia Prognostication and Management in Diabetic Patients.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Point-of-care lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of childhood pneumonia.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2024Article
- Clinical utility of bedside Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the diagnosis of pneumonia in elderly patients: Comparison with clinical, -radiological and ultrasound diagnosis.Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine · 2024Article
- Accuracy of Lung Ultrasound Compared to Chest Radiography for Diagnosing Pneumonia in Children: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPneumonia is a common and serious infectious disease that can cause high mortality. The role of lung ultrasound (LUS) in the diagnosis of pneumonia is becoming more and more important.
methodsIn the present study, we collected existing evidence regarding the use of LUS to diagnose pneumonia in adults and conducted a systematic review to summarize the technique's diagnostic accuracy. We specifically searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed, and Embase databases and retrieved outcome data to evaluate the efficacy of LUS for the diagnosis of pneumonia compared with chest radiography or chest computed tomography. The pooled sensitivity (SEN) and specificity (SPE) were determined using the Mantel-Haenszel method, and the pooled diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) was determined using the DerSimonian-Laird method. We also assessed heterogeneity of sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio using the Q and I statistics.
resultsTwelve studies containing 1515 subjects were included in our meta-analysis. The SEN and SPE were 0.88 (95% CI: 0.86-0.90) and 0.86 (95% CI: 0.83-0.88), respectively. The pooled negative likelihood ratio (LR) was 0.13 (95% CI: 0.08-0.23), the positive LR was 5.37 (95% CI: 2.76-10.43), and the DOR was 65.46 (95% CI: 29.24-146.56). The summary receiver operating characteristic curve indicated a relationship between sensitivity and specificity. The area under the curve for LUS was 0.95.
conclusionLUS can help to diagnose adult pneumonia with high accuracy.
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