Lung ultrasound vs chest radiography in the diagnosis of children pneumonia: Systematic evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the diagnostic value of lung ultrasound (LUS) in comparison to chest radiography (CXR) in children with pneumonia.

Methods

Computer-based retrieval was performed on PubMed and EMBASE. Quality was evaluated according to the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies-2, and Meta-Disc was adopted to perform meta-analysis. Heterogeneity was assessed using Q and I statistics. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) as the primary outcomes were calculated for each index test.

Results

Twenty two studies with a total of 2470 patients met the inclusion criteria. Our results showed that the pooled sensitivity, specificity, and DOR for children with pn

SUBMITTER: Yan JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7738074 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature