Systematic review and meta-analysis for the use of ultrasound versus radiology in diagnosing of pneumonia

Alzahrani, Saeed Ali; Al-Salamah, Majid Abdulatief; Al-Madani, Wedad Hussain; Elbarbary, Mahmoud A.

doi:10.1186/s13089-017-0059-y

The Ultrasound Journal

Table 2 Chest imaging and diagnostic criteria of selected studies

From: Systematic review and meta-analysis for the use of ultrasound versus radiology in diagnosing of pneumonia

Study	Imaging	Pneumonia diagnosis	Patient type	Inclusion criteria	Ultrasound operator	Diagnostic criteria	Blinding
Benci et al. [27]	CXR + Chest CT if CXR/LUS discordance	Clinical diagnosis or imaging	Hospitalized	Pneumonia symptoms	Experienced physicians	Consolidation	Yes
Lichtenstein et al. [19]	Chest CT	Imaging only	Critically ill	Acute respiratory distress syndrome	Experienced physicians	Consolidation	Yes
Lichtenstein et al. [28]	Chest CT	Imaging only	Critically ill	Chest pain or severe thoracic diseases	Two ED physician sonographers	Consolidation	Yes
Lichtenstein et al. [29]	CXR + Chest CT if possible	Clinical diagnosis or imaging	Critically ill	Acute respiratory failure	Experienced physicians	Alveolar and interstitial	Yes
Parlamento et al. [30]	CXR + Chest CT if CXR/LUS discordance	Imaging only	Presented to ED	CAP symptoms	Experienced physicians	Alveolar and interstitial	Yes
Cortellaro et al. [31]	CXR + Chest CT if possible	Clinical diagnosis or imaging	Presented to ED	CAP symptoms	Experienced physicians	Alveolar and interstitial	Yes
Xirouchaki et al. [32]	Chest CT scan	Imaging only	Critically ill	Mechanically ventilated patients scheduled for chest CT scan	Single physician (Expertise not mentioned)	Consolidation	Yes
Reissig et al. [33]	CXR + chest CT if CXR/LUS discordance	Clinical diagnosis or imaging	Presented to ED or hospitalized	CAP symptoms	Experienced physicians	Consolidation	Yes
Testa et al. [34]	CXR + chest CT if possible/indicated	Clinical diagnosis or imaging	Presented to ED	Suspected H1N1 infection	Experienced physicians	Alveolar and interstitial	Yes
Unluer et al. [24]	CXR + chest CT if possible/indicated	Imaging only	Presented to ED	CAP symptoms	Trained emergency physicians	Alveolar and interstitial	Yes
Nafae et al. [37]	Chest CT scan	Imaging only	Hospitalized	Pneumonia symptoms	Experienced physicians	Consolidation	No
Esposito et al. [39]	CR	Imaging only	Critically ill	CAP symptoms	Resident with limited experience	Alveolar and interstitial	Yes
Liu et al. [38]	CT scan	Imaging only	Presented to ED	CAP symptoms	Trained emergency physicians	Consolidation	Yes
Copetti et al. [36]	Electrocardiogram, Chest X-ray, and Color-Doppler echocardiography.	Imaging only	Critically ill	acute pulmonary edema	NA	Alveolar and interstitial	NA
Iuri [23]	Chest radiographs	Imaging only	admitted to the pediatric emergency ward	CAP symptoms	Two radiologists	Alveolar and interstitial	Yes
Shah [35]	Chest radiographs	Imaging only	patients had a routine clinical examination	Pneumonia symptoms	Trained physicians	Consolidation	Yes
Dien [25]	Chest radiographs	Imaging only	Critically ill	Pneumonia symptoms	One radiologist	Consolidation	NA
Caiulo [26]	Chest radiographs	Clinical diagnosis or imaging	Presented to ED	Pneumonia symptoms	One radiologist	Alveolar and interstitial	Yes
Nazerian [40]	Chest CT scan	Clinical diagnosis or imaging	Presented to ED	Any respiratory complaint	Trained emergency physicians	Consolidation	Yes
Bourcier [41]	Chest CT scan	Clinical diagnosis or imaging	Presented to ED	CAP pneumonia	Trained emergency physicians	Alveolar-interstitial syndrome	NA

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