Lung ultrasound may support internal medicine physicians in predicting the diagnosis, bacterial etiology and favorable outcome of community-acquired pneumonia

Lung ultrasound may support internal medicine physicians in predicting the diagnosis, bacterial etiology and favorable outcome of community-acquired pneumonia

Abstract 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...

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Main Authors: Filippo Mearelli, Chiara Casarsa, Alessandro Trapani, Pierlanfranco D’agaro, Cristina Moras, Francesca Spagnol, Federica Pellicori, Alessio Nunnari, Alice Massolin, Giulia Barbati, Gianni Biolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96380-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96380-x

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