Point-of-care ultrasound for tuberculosis diagnosis in children: a Medecins Sans Frontieres cross-sectional study in Guinea-Bissau.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Description of tuberculosis (TB)-focused point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) findings for children with presumptive TB.

Design

Cross-sectional study (July 2019 to April 2020).

Setting

Simão Mendes hospital in Bissau, a setting with high TB, HIV, and malnutrition burdens.

Participants

Patients aged between 6 months and 15 years with presumptive TB.

Interventions

Participants underwent clinical, laboratory and unblinded clinician-performed POCUS assessments, to assess subpleural nodules (SUNs), lung consolidation, pleural and pericardial effusion, abdominal lymphadenopathy, focal splenic and hepatic lesions and ascites. Presence of any sign prompted a POCUS positive result. Ultrasound images and clips were evaluated by expert reviewers and, in case

SUBMITTER: Moreto-Planas L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201244 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature