Chest ultrasound as useful as chest CT in the eval of paediatric patients with complicated pneumonia

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 04:35 in Health & Medicine

Chest ultrasound can serve as a viable alternative to chest CT in the evaluation of paediatric patients with complicated pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion (a build-up of fluid between the lung and chest wall), according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology...

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