Point-of-care lung ultrasound in detecting pneumonia: A systematic review by Iqra Abid, Nadia Qureshi, Nicola Lategan, Simon Williams, Sidra Shahid

“…LUS demonstrated a likelihood ratio of 5.09, a specificity of 81.91%, and a sensitivity of 92.13% in detecting pneumonia in pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients, with a p-value of 0.0002 and a 95% confidence interval, indicating diagnostic accuracy ranging from 84.07% to 96.29% when compared directly to CXR…”
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