Response to lung ultrasound as an additional imaging tool for the evaluation of pneumonia

摘要

We thank Dr. Catalano for his interest in our paper. The letter raises several interesting issues deserving clarification. Catalano argues that our observation and conclusion in lung ultrasound (LUS) characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)1 differ from a similar study published by Shah et al.In our study, LUS examinations were performed by an expert pediatric sonographer.The study by Shah was conducted by 15 pediatric emergency physicians. They underwent a 1-hr chest sonography training session given before the start of the study.