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01.02.2006 | Correspondence
Is lung ultrasound superior to CT? The example of a CT occult necrotizing pneumonia
verfasst von:
Daniel Lichtenstein, Olivier Peyrouset
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 2/2006
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Excerpt
Although not expected to perfectly assess lung status [
1], ultrasound enables access to several diagnoses, such as pleural effusion, alveolar consolidation, interstitial syndrome or pneumothorax [
2]. For the diagnosis of alveolar consolidation, sensitivity of ultrasound is 90% and specificity 98% [
3]. Clinical experience suggests that ultrasound has on occasion superior focal resolution to CT. This is somewhat acknowledged for septations within pleural effusions, which are usually not depicted using CT. Among numerous cases we routinely observe, here is a blatant one. …