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==Overview==
In some cases, ultrasound is used for the diagnosis and follow-up of patient with pneumonia, for a guided [[thoracocentesis]] and to to quantify the amount of pleural effusion.

==Ultrasound==
*In one study, [[ultrasonography]] was used to diagnose community acquired pneumonia with a high sensitivity and specificity (Sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 98%).<ref name="pmid22700780">{{cite journal| author=Reissig A, Copetti R, Mathis G, Mempel C, Schuler A, Zechner P et al.| title=Lung ultrasound in the diagnosis and follow-up of community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective, multicenter, diagnostic accuracy study. | journal=Chest | year= 2012 | volume= 142 | issue= 4 | pages= 965-72 | pmid=22700780 | doi=10.1378/chest.12-0364 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22700780  }} </ref>
*Findings in the ultrasound for pneumonia include air bronchogram within an echopoor area and pleural effusion seen in some cases. <ref name="pmid24481027">{{cite journal| author=Reissig A, Copetti R| title=Lung ultrasound in community-acquired pneumonia and in interstitial lung diseases. | journal=Respiration | year= 2014 | volume= 87 | issue= 3 | pages= 179-89 | pmid=24481027 | doi=10.1159/000357449 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24481027  }} </ref> 
*Ultrasound can also be used for the follow-up of pneumonia.<ref name="pmid24481027">{{cite journal| author=Reissig A, Copetti R| title=Lung ultrasound in community-acquired pneumonia and in interstitial lung diseases. | journal=Respiration | year= 2014 | volume= 87 | issue= 3 | pages= 179-89 | pmid=24481027 | doi=10.1159/000357449 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24481027  }} </ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Disease]]
[[Category:Pulmonology]]
[[Category:Infectious disease]]
[[Category:Pneumonia]]
[[Category:Emergency medicine]]
[[Category:primary care]]

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