Comparison of lung ultrasound and chest radiography for detecting pneumonia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung ultrasound (LUS) is recommended as a reliable diagnostic alternative to chest X-ray (CXR) for detecting pneumonia in children.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were used to identify eligible studies from their inception until April 2023. The investigated diagnostic parameters included sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), and area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC).

Results

Twenty-six studies involving 3,401 children were selected for meta-analysis. The sensitivity, specificity, PLR, NLR, DOR, and AUC of LUS for detecting pneumonia in children were 0.95, 0.92, 12.31, 0.05, 108.53, and 0.98, respectively, while the sensitivity,

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804756 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature