Value of lung auscultation method in early diagnosis of infantile pneumonia disease
- Author:
Nguyen Thanh Long
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pneumonia
- MeSH:
Pneumonia;
Child;
Lung
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2003;283(4):12-22
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From Nov 1997 to Nov 2000, at the Pediatrics Department of Hue Central Hospital, a study was performed on 132 children (87 males and 45 females) of an average age of 14.510.8 months. Results: in 64 subjects lung auscultation symptoms were (+). Lung auscultation symptoms incidence was 48.48% generally. The method had great value in diagnosis of pneumonia, with high specificity, however it is appropriate only at the medical institution at high levels
