Accuracy of Lung Ultrasonography in Diagnosis of Community Acquired Pneumonia as Compared to Chest X-Ray in Pediatric Age Group | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 4, Volume 72, Issue 8, July 2018, Pages 4977-4983 PDF (476.13 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.10273 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abeer El-Sayed Metwally Mohamed* ; Omar Farouk Kamel; Mohamed Shaker Ghazy | ||
| Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: It was aimed at investigating the role of lung ultrasonography in assessment of pneumonia as compared to chest x-ray in pediateric age group. Purpose: to evaluate the ultrasound efficiency in the assessment of pneumonia in pediatric age group as compared to chest x-ray. Methodology: This study was carried out at the general pediatric wards and PICUs of El-Demrdash hospital, Ain Shams University.40 patients were clinically diagnosed with pneumonia. For every child included in the study, a chest x-ray and a chest US were performed. Result: the detection rate of consolidative patches was higher in ultrasound compared to the x-ray technique. Conclusion: Lung ultrasound is safe and accurate for the diagnosis suspected cases of community-acquired pneumonia and it is more sensitive than chest X-ray and allows a radiation-free technique for detection of consolidations in children, thus reducing radiation exposure in this population. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Lung Ultrasonography (LUS); Chest x-ray (CXR); Radiation; Imaging tool; Consolidation | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 410 PDF Download: 787 |
||
