Review Article
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 |
|
|