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SUBMITTER: Berce V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6884636 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Berce Vojko V Tomazin Maja M Gorenjak Mario M Berce Tadej T Lovrenčič Barbara B
Scientific reports 20191129 1
The aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is not easy to establish. As lung ultrasound (LUS) has already proved to be an excellent diagnostic tool for CAP, we analysed its usefulness for discriminating between the aetiologically different types of CAP in children. We included 147 children hospitalized because of CAP. LUS was performed in all patients at admission, and follow-up LUS was performed in most patients. LUS-detected consolidations in viral CAP were significantly smaller, with ...[more]