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Table 1 Sensitivity and specificity table of thoracic ultrasonography for pneumonia

From: Thoracic ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in adults: a meta-analysis

Study

Sample size

Sensitivity

95 % CI

Specificity

95 % CI

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 %

 
  1. CI is “confidence interval”