Usefulness of lung ultrasound in the evaluation of children with lower respiratory tract infection in the emergency room

• Main Authors: Melissa Gastelum-Bernal (Author), Gerardo Félix-Ramos (Author), Luis R. Cadena-Mejía (Author), Isaac A. Gómez-Jiménez (Author), Mauricio Frías-Mendivil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Permanyer, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Lung ultrasound is a bedside tool that allows the evaluation of pulmonary parenchymal involvement in pediatric patients through the lung ultrasound score (LUS). We aimed to evaluate a group of patients under 3 years of age with lower respiratory tract infections using LUS at the Hospital...