Observational studyIndian journal of pediatrics2017
Lung Ultrasound is Comparable with Chest Roentgenogram for Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Hospitalised Children.
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- 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
- Lung ultrasound in diagnosing pneumonia in childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of ultrasound · 2018Pooled it
- 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
- Current Diagnostic Techniques for Pneumonia: A Scoping Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Accuracy of Thoracic Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Radiological Imaging in Chest Diseases: Moving Away from Conventional Modes.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2023Review
- Childhood Pneumonia: What's Unchanged, and What's New?Indian journal of pediatrics · 2023Review
- Diagnosis of asthmatic pneumonia in children by lung ultrasound vs. chest X-ray: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2023Article
- Bedside lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in children presenting to an emergency department in a resource-limited setting.International journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- 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
- Usefulness of Lung Ultrasound in Paediatric Respiratory Diseases.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Lung Ultrasound Is More Sensitive for Hospitalized Consolidated Pneumonia Diagnosis Compared to CXR in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Lung Ultrasound: The Essentials.Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging · 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
- Lung Ultrasound Volume Sweep Imaging for Pneumonia Detection in Rural Areas: Piloting Training in Rural Peru.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2019Article
- Lung Ultrasound in Childhood Pneumonia: The Emerging New Era.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2017Article
- Point-of-care ultrasound by the pediatrician in the diagnosis and follow-up of community-acquired pneumonia.Jornal de pediatriaReview
- The Efficacy of Thoracic Ultrasonography in Postoperative Newborn Patients after Cardiac Surgery.Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgeryArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the accuracy of lung ultrasound (LUS) in comparison to chest roentgenogram (CXR) in hospitalised children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
methodsThis study was a hospital based prospective observational study, conducted between January 2014 and December 2014. Hospitalised children aged 2 to 59 mo with community-acquired pneumonia were included in the study. The informed written consent was taken from parents (or legal guardian) before recruitment. Children with suspected or proven asthma, cystic fibrosis, congenital heart disease, immunodeficiency, malignancy and hemodynamic unstability were excluded. CXR, posterio-anterior view, and LUS were done within 24 h of the hospitalisation.
resultsOf 176 consecutively hospitalised cases of CAP, 118 were recruited after screening (65, 55.1% boys; mean age in months ± SD, 26.22 ± 19.60). Abnormal CXR were found in 101 (85.6%) and abnormal LUS in 105 (89%) children. In radiologically proven CAP, LUS was positive in 99/101(98.01%) while among radiologically normal, LUS was abnormal in 6/17 (35.3%). LUS has high sensitivity (98.02%) and reasonable specificity (64.71%) for diagnosing radiologically proven CAP. In diagnosing the specific radiological type of CAP, there was very good concordance (Quadratic Weighted Cohen's Kappa =0.7) between CXR and LUS. Similarly, the authors also found excellent concordance between CXR and LUS (Linear Weighted Cohen's Kappa =0.9) for diagnosis of pleural effusion.
conclusionsLUS can be considered to be used first before radiography in children with suspected CAP. This will reduce the exposure of radiation.
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