Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: The advent of affordable, portable ultrasound devices has led to increasing interest in the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for the detection of pulmonary TB (PTB). We undertook a systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of POCUS for PTB. Five databases were searched for articles published between January 2010 and June 2020. Risk of bias was assessed using QUADAS-2. Data on sensitivity and specificity of individual lung ultrasound findings were collected, with variable reference standards including PCR and sputum smear microscopy. Six of 3,919 reviewed articles were included: five in adults and one in children, with a total sample size of 564. Studies had high risk of bias in many domains. In adults, subpleural nodule and lung consolidation were the lung ultrasound findings wit

SUBMITTER: Bigio J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8104425 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature