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SUBMITTER: Mearelli F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8382746 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mearelli Filippo F Casarsa Chiara C Trapani Alessandro A D'agaro Pierlanfranco P Moras Cristina C Spagnol Francesca F Pellicori Federica F Nunnari Alessio A Massolin Alice A Barbati Giulia G Biolo Gianni G
Scientific reports 20210823 1
To assess the usefulness of lung ultrasound (LUS) for identifying community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) among adult patients with suspected lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) and for discriminating between CAP with different cultural statuses, etiologies, and outcomes. LUS was performed at internal medicine ward admission. The performance of chest X-ray (CXR) and LUS in diagnosing CAP in 410 patients with suspected LRTI was determined. All possible positive results for pneumonia on LUS were c ...[more]