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Table 3 Comparison of chest radiography (CR) and lung ultrasonography (US) results in diagnosing specific types of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in different anatomical districts

From: Performance of lung ultrasonography in children with community-acquired pneumonia

Right lung, upper

k = 0.54 (p < 0.0001)

MH-SM p = 0.046

   
 

Lung US

 

CR

Negative

Interstitial

Mixed

Alveolar

Total

Negative

75

3

2

-

80

Interstitial

5

5

2

1

13

Mixed

-

-

2

-

2

Alveolar

2

3

1

2

8

Total

82

11

7

3

103

Right lung, lower

k = 0.59 (p < 0.0001)

MH-SM p = 0.002

   
 

Lung US

 

CR

Negative

Interstitial

Mixed

Alveolar

Total

Negative

65

1

1

1

68

Interstitial

7

4

1

0

12

Mixed

-

-

4

-

4

Alveolar

6

2

5

6

19

Total

78

7

11

7

103

Left lung, upper

k = 0.55 (p < 0.0001)

MH-SMp = 0.20

   
 

Lung US

 

CR

Negative

Interstitial

Mixed

Alveolar

Total

Negative

82

6

1

1

90

Interstitial

3

7

1

-

11

Mixed

-

-

1

-

1

Alveolar

-

-

1

-

1

Total

85

13

4

1

103

Left lung, lower

k = 0.63 (p < 0.0001)

MH-SM p = 0.03

   
 

Lung US

 

CR

Negative

Interstitial

Mixed

Alveolar

Total

Negative

68

2

1

1

72

Interstitial

5

5

1

1

12

Mixed

-

-

2

-

2

Alveolar

4

2

4

7

17

Total

77

9

8

9

103

  1. MH-SM marginal homogeneity (Stuart-Maxwell) test.
  2. Concordant pairs in bold.