Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Children
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BACKGROUND Pneumonia 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. METHODS In 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 accurac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1069-6563,1553-2712
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13920