From: Thoracic ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in adults: a meta-analysis
Study | Sample size | Sensitivity | 95 % CI | Specificity | 95 % CI |
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Benci et al. [2] | 80 | 0.62 | 0.48-0.74 | 1.00 | 0.93-1.00 |
Lichtenstein et al. [5] | 260 | 0.89 | 0.80-0.95 | 0.9 | 0.97 |
Parlamento et al. [6] | 49 | 0.97 | 0.84-1.00 | 0.59 | 0.33-0.82 |
Cortellaro et al. [7] | 120 | 0.99 | 0.94-1.00 | 0.95 | 0.83-0.99 |
Reissig et al. [9] | 362 | 0.92 | 0.88-0.95 | 0.96 | 0.90-0.98 |
Testa et al. [10] | 67 | 0.94 | 0.90-0.99 | 0.85 | 0.68-0.95 |
Unluer et al. [11] | 72 | 0.96 | 0.82-1.00 | 0.84 | 0.7-0.94 |
Pooled | 1010 | 0.9 | 0.87-0.92 | 0.92 | 0.89-0.94 |
Inconsistency I2 | 88.1 % | 77.5 % |