All Articles tagged specificity

• Review Article
  January 29, 2024 EDT
  Point-of-care lung ultrasound in detecting pneumonia: A systematic review
  Iqra AbidNadia QureshiNicola LateganSimon WilliamsSidra Shahid

  This review aims to investigate the benefits of point-of-care lung ultrasound in the early diagnosis of pneumonia compared to traditional chest x-rays.

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• Clinical Case Study
  June 06, 2023 EDT
  Sensitivity and specificity of chest ultrasound in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department: A case-control study
  Hala A. MohamedNadia FaroukEmad Allam Abd ElnaeemMohamed T. AbdelfattahYosra M. Ali*Ali O. Abdelaziz

  The study evaluates the role of chest ultrasound in the diagnosis of acute PE and determine its accuracy using multi-detector CT-pulmonary angiography as a gold standard technique for PE diagnosis.

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