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Table 3 Lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

From: Retrospective analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound for pulmonary embolism in patients with and without pleuritic chest pain

Population, n

True pos

False pos

True neg

False neg

All patients, 872

159

30

563

120

No pleuritic chest pain, 655

106

23

418

108

Pleuritic chest pain, 217

53

7

145

12

Scan in the most painful area, 156*

37

5

104

10

  1. pos positive, neg negative
  2. *Patients with pleuritic chest pain enrolled in the studies Reissig 2001 and Nazerian 2017