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Table 4 Comparison of chest radiography (CR) and lung ultrasonography (US) results in diagnosing pleural effusion

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

Pleural effusion, right

k = 0.30 (p < 0.0001)

MH-SM p = 0.0005

 
 

Lung US

 

CR

Absent

Present

Total

Absent

88

12

100

Present

0

3

3

Total

88

15

103

Pleural effusion, left

k = 0.16 (p = 0.02)

MH-SM p = 0.004

 
 

Lung US

 

CR

Absent

Present

Total

Absent

86

13

99

Present

2

2

4

Total

88

15

103

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