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Abstract
Introduction: The diagnosis of pneumonia is usually made based on clinical manifestations and chest X-ray. The use of ultrasound in detecting pulmonary diseases in general, and especially consolidation syndrome has been demonstrated. The objective of this study was to determine the accuracy of thoracic ultrasound compared to chest X-ray in the diagnosis of infectious pneumonia in children. Methods: Children between 0 to 15 years were included in our study. The lung ultrasound results obtained were compared with those of the chest X-ray used as the reference. Our data were introduced into the EpiInfo 3.5.4 software and analyzed with the EpiInfo 3.5.4 and IBMSPSS Statistics version 20.0 softwares. Microsoft Office Excel 2016 was used to produce Charts. Continuous quantitative variables were presented. Cohen’s Kappa concordance test was applied with confidence interval of 95%. Results: 52 children were enrolled in the study. In imaging, the dominant sign was consolidation syndrome (75.0%) of cases by chest radiography, and in 78.8% of cases by lung ultrasound (p < 0.05). The chest radiograph was identified pleural effusion in 5 cases whereas lung ultrasound was identified in 6 cases. 3 patients with apparently normal chest X-rays had pulmonary ultrasounds suggestive of pneumonia. The degree of agreement between chest X-ray and lung ultrasound in detecting lesions compatible with pneumonia was satisfactory (kappa: 0.784) and excellent in the detection of pleural effusion (0.898). Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that lung echography is a non-ionizing and reliable tool in the diagnosis of childhood’s pneumonia.
Highlights
The diagnosis of pneumonia is usually made based on clinical manifestations and chest X-ray
The objective of this study was to determine the accuracy of thoracic ultrasound compared to chest X-ray in the diagnosis of infectious pneumonia in children
The chest radiograph was identified pleural effusion in 5 cases whereas lung ultrasound was identified in 6 cases. 3 patients with apparently normal chest X-rays had pulmonary ultrasounds suggestive of pneumonia
Summary
The diagnosis of pneumonia is usually made based on clinical manifestations and chest X-ray. The use of ultrasound in detecting pulmonary diseases in general, and especially consolidation syndrome has been demonstrated. The objective of this study was to determine the accuracy of thoracic ultrasound compared to chest X-ray in the diagnosis of infectious pneumonia in children. The degree of agreement between chest X-ray and lung ultrasound in detecting lesions compatible with pneumonia. The diagnosis is usually based on the clinical presentations and findings on conventional chest X-rays. The use of ultrasound scan to detect pulmonary diseases in general and consolidation syndromes had been demonstrated. The aim of this study was to determine the precision with which thoracic ultrasound scan can diagnose pneumonia in children relative to conventional chest X-rays
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