TY - JOUR T1 - Prospective comparison between chest ultrasound and X-ray in two planes in patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia. Intermediate results (02/2011) of a prospective multicenter DEGUM-/Ă–GUM-study JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 38 IS - Suppl 55 SP - p2486 AU - Angelika Reissig AU - Christine Mempel AU - Roberto Copetti AU - Andreas Schuler AU - Stefano Aliberti AU - Peter Zechner AU - Alexander Heinzmann AU - Rotraud Neumann AU - Gebhard Mathis AU - Claus Kroegel Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p2486.abstract N2 - Aim: The aim of the prospective study is to define the sensitivity of chest ultrasound (US) in diagnosing and follow-up of community- acquired pneumonia (CAP).Patients and methods: US was performed in 326 patients (age 18-95 years; 211 males, 115 females) with suspected CAP. The results were first compared to X-ray in two planes. In case of positive US and negative or inconclusive X-ray a low-dose computed tomography (CT) was performed. Sonographic characterisation of pneumonia was carried out at day 0, between day 5-8 and between day 13-16.Results*: US / X-ray / CT / Number of patients:negative / negative / not done / n=109negative / inconclusive / negative / n=8positive / positive / not done / n=163positive / inconclusive / positive / n=10positive / negative / positive / n=13positive / negative / negative / n=1positive / inconclusive / negative / n=2negative / positive / not done / n=13negative / inconclusive / positive / n=2*US was inconclusive in 5 patients, which had to be deleted according to the study protocol.Conclusions: The intermediate results suggest a high sensitivity and specificity of US in diagnosing and follow-up CAP. The final results will be available in September 2011. ER -