Point-of care lung ultrasound in the NICU: uses and limitations of a new tool

Raimondi, Francesco; Migliaro, Fiorella; Sodano, Angela; Veropalumbo, C.; Borrelli, Antonio; Lama, Sílvia Nassif Del; Vallone, Gianfranco; Capasso, Letizia

doi:10.1186/1824-7288-40-s2-a25

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“…Chest US has gained popularity owing to its portability, speed, replicability and real-time scanning without the use of radiation. It has been successfully used in diagnosing pneumothorax under emergency situations with high sensitivity and specificity [7,8].…”

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Role of emergency chest ultrasound in traumatic pneumothorax. An updated meta-analysis

Tian¹,

Ton

Zhou

et al. 2023

Med Ultrason

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Aim: To assess chest ultrasound (US) diagnostic accuracy in pneumothorax diagnosing. Material and methods: Prospec-tive studies related to the US pneumothorax diagnostic accuracy in trauma patients were extensively searched from 2000 up to November 2020. The studies features and findings were gathered using a standardised form and the methodological quality of the investigations was evaluated using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS-2).Results:Twelve articles were finally chosen for quantitative analysis. The overall sensitivity of US scan in pneumothorax diagnosis was 89% (95%CI 86-91%). Specificity was 96% (95%CI 95-97%). The diagnostic odds ratio was 193.94 (59.009-637.40) at 95%CI, thus demonstrating high chest US accuracy in pneumothorax diagnosis.Conclusion: Despite the limitations of the included studies, this systematic review and meta-analysis concluded that chest US is a reliable method for diagnosing pneu-mothorax in traumatized patients.

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