Rahmati M B, Ahmadi M, Hasanpur S, Zare S H, Jafari M
Department of Infectious Diseases, Children's Clinical Research Development Center, Hormozgan University, School of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Radiology Department, Hormozgan University of Medical Science, Iran.
J Med Life. 2015;8(Spec Iss 3):50-53.
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most prevalent diseases and a significant determinant of morbidity and death global. This study intended to compare and evaluate the benefits and importance of chest X-ray and chest ultrasound in the investigation of CAP in children. Study Population. One hundred children of one-month to five-years of age who suggested to the Children's Hospital in Bandar Abbas for pneumonia were evaluated by chest ultrasound and chest X-ray by different radiologists. Evidence of involvement was recognized in 96% of the chest X-rays of those children, and also in 9% of the chest ultra-ultrasounds (6% opacity, 3% effusion). Pleural effusion was recognized in three of the children only by ultrasound. The utilization of ultrasound is a suitable method to estimate the complication of pneumonia.
社区获得性肺炎(CAP)是最常见的疾病,也是全球发病率和死亡率的重要决定因素。本研究旨在比较和评估胸部X线和胸部超声在儿童CAP检查中的益处和重要性。研究人群。100名年龄在1个月至5岁之间因肺炎被送往阿巴斯港儿童医院的儿童,由不同的放射科医生进行胸部超声和胸部X线检查。这些儿童中96%的胸部X线检查发现有病变迹象,胸部超声检查也发现9%有病变(6%为肺实质模糊,3%为胸腔积液)。仅通过超声检查在3名儿童中发现了胸腔积液。超声检查是评估肺炎并发症的一种合适方法。