The day may soon come when chest x-ray meets the same fate as the abdominal x-ray useful only for detection of radio-opaque foreign bodies. This intriguing study requires external validation, but suggests that ultrasound may be superior to x-ray for diagnosing pneumonia. This finding can have major implications for diagnostic imaging use in developed and developing countries alike .
Lung ultrasound can detect pneumothorax and pulmonary edema, but limited data exist to quantify its accuracy for diagnosing pneumonia. In a prospective study, investigators compared lung ultrasound to chest computed tomography (CT) and chest X-ray among adult patients presenting with unexplained respiratory symptoms to an academic emergency department in Italy. It is also found that after lung surgery, pneumonia and others problem related to lung are better diagnosed by using ultrasound as compared to the…
