Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
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Clinical Trial
Can lung ultrasound replace chest radiography for the diagnosis of pneumonia in hospitalized children?
Lung ultrasound is a non-radiating accurate alternative tool to chest X-ray (CXR) in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults. ⋯ In our series, lung ultrasound was highly accurate for the diagnosis of CAP in hospitalized children. These results provide the rationale for a multicenter study in children.
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease starts in the first months of life often before the onset of clinical symptoms. Multiple breath washout (MBW) detects abnormal lung function in infants and young children in the laboratory setting. ⋯ We conclude that MBW is feasible and sensitive to detect abnormal lung function in infants and young children with CF in the clinical setting.