Clinical application of transthoracic ultrasonography in inpatients with pneumonia

• Published in: European journal of clinical investigation Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Sperandeo, Marco, Carnevale, Vincenzo, Muscarella, Silvana, Sperandeo, Giuseppe, Varriale, Antonio, Filabozzi, Paola, Piattelli, Maria L., D'Alessandro, Vito, Copetti, Massimiliano, Pellegrini, Fabio, Dimitri, Lucia, Vendemiale, Gianluigi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2011; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Community acquired pneumonia (CAP); complementary diagnostic tool; diagnostic accuracy; Female; General aspects; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pleural Effusion - diagnostic imaging; Pneumonia - diagnosis; Pneumonia - diagnostic imaging; Radiography, Thoracic; Thorax - diagnostic imaging; transthoracic ultrasonography (TUS); Ultrasonography; Young Adult; Sonography; Human; Lung disease; Pneumonia; diagnostic accuracy; Respiratory disease; Hospitalization; complementary diagnostic tool; Medicine; Accuracy; Community acquired pneumonia (CAP); Community acquired infection; transthoracic ultrasonography (TUS); Echography; Diagnosis; Hospital; Medical application; Tool

Eur J Clin Invest 2010; 41 (1): 1–7 Purpose  The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical applicability of transthoracic ultrasound (TUS) in the diagnosis and follow‐up of community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Methods  We designed a pilot study in 15 patients and subsequently investigated 342...