Accuracy of Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Pneumothorax: A Comparison between Neonates and Adults—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Summary of included studies.

Author	Year	Country/province	Sampling method	Study design	Study duration	Setting	Mode of data collection	Participants	Age mean ± SD or range	Study population
Cattarossi et al. [30]	2016	Italy	Convenience	Prospective	36 months	Hospital (NICU)	Medical records	49	36 ± 5 weeks	Neonates with respiratory distress
Raimondi et al. [18]	2016	Italy	Convenience	Prospective	12 months	Hospital (NICU)	Medical records	42	31 ± 3.5 weeks	Neonates
Corsini et al. [31]	2018	Italy	Convenience	Prospective	15 months	Hospital (NICU)	Medical records	124	33 ± 5 weeks	Neonates with respiratory distress
Kosiak [32]	2013	Poland	Convenience	Prospective	12 months	Clinic of pediatrics	Medical records	63	1–17 years	Pediatric for whom a central venous catheter was placed in the subclavian vein
Ianniello [33]	2013	Italy	Convenience	Retrospective	24 months	Emergency Department	Medical records	736	16–68	Unstable adult patients
Abbasi et al. [34]	2013	Iran	Convenience	Prospective	1 month	Emergency department	Medical records	153	>16	Adult trauma patients included suspected of having posttraumatic pneumothorax
Jalli et al. [35]	2013	Iran	Convenience	Prospective	26 months	Hospital	Medical records	197	N/A	Patients with pneumothorax
Balesa et al. [36]	2015	India	Convenience	Prospective	29 months	Hospital	Medical records	126	2 months to 88 years	Patients with clinical and/or radiographic suspicion of pneumothorax
Chia-Wang and Kai-Sheng [37]	2014	Taiwan	Convenience	Prospective	24 months	Hospital	Medical records	38	15–18 years	Patients less than 18 years of age admitted with chest pain and/or dyspnea
Liu et al. [13]	2017	China	Convenience	Prospective	13 months	Hospital (NICU)	Medical records	40	N/A	Newborn infants with severe lung disease