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November 16, 2020Journal of Clinical Ultrasound36 citations

Can lung ultrasound differentiate between bacterial and viral pneumonia in children?

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DMDeepawali MallaVRVinita RathiSGSunil Gomber

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LUS has a high accuracy in differentiating between bacterial and viral pneumonia in children and can help in their management by avoiding an ill-advised use of antibiotic therapy.

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Malla et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e1e1d6edf085577d5f6b56https://doi.org/10.1002/jcu.22951
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