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An international peer-reviewed journal for health professionals and researchers in emergency medicine

Emerg Med J

2012;29:19-23 doi:10.1136/emj.2010.101584

Original article

Lung ultrasound is an accurate diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of pneumonia in the emergency department

Table 1

Diagnosis at discharge of the 39 patients without pneumonia

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	11
Acute bronchitis	8
Acute pulmonary oedema/congestive heart failure	7
Sepsis	7
Primitive pneumopathy	2
Acute pericarditis	1
Acute pancreatitis	1
Aortic aneurism	1
Subphrenic abscess	1

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