Lack of Association Between a Quantified Lung Ultrasound Score and Illness Severity in Pediatric Emergency Department Patients With Acute Lower Respiratory Infections.
David KesslerAlmaz S DessiePanida KanjanauptomMarc VindasLorraine NgMariam M YoussefRuthie BirgerJeff ShamanPeter DayanPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2022)
In children with LRTI, neither individual features nor QLUS were associated with illness severity. Antibiotics were more likely in patients with either focal or diffuse severity or presence of consolidation on ultrasound.