Diagnostic Performance of Comprehensive Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound for Pediatric Tuberculosis in Spain: A Prospective Observational Study

In this pilot prospective study, cPOCUS demonstrated limited diagnostic performance but high inter-reader reliability. These exploratory findings suggest that cPOCUS may complement standard imaging for selected abnormalities (particularly aortopulmonary window lymphadenopathy), but larger studies with optimized protocols are needed before broader clinical implementation.

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Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
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2026-03-15
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https://doi.org/10.1002/jcu.70228
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Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
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Diagnostic Performance of Comprehensive Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound for Pediatric Tuberculosis in Spain: A Prospective Observational Study

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Diagnostic Performance of Comprehensive Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound for Pediatric Tuberculosis in Spain: A Prospective Observational Study

Ángela Manzanares, José Miguel Escudero Fernández, Antoni Soriano‐Arandes, Enrique Ladera, Antoni Noguera‐Julián, Aleix Soler‐Garcia, Isabelle Munyangaju, A M Lancharro Zapata, Daniel Blazquez, Elisa Aguirre Pascual, Quique Bassat, Isabelle Thierry‐Chef, Maria Espiau, Begoña Santiago Garcia, Danilo Buonsenso, Elisa Lopez‐Varela, Xavier Serres‐Créixams, Alicia Hernanz‐Lobo
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In this pilot prospective study, cPOCUS demonstrated limited diagnostic performance but high inter-reader reliability. These exploratory findings suggest that cPOCUS may complement standard imaging for selected abnormalities (particularly aortopulmonary window lymphadenopathy), but larger studies with optimized protocols are needed before broader clinical implementation.

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT), Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES), Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona (ES), Eduardo Mondlane University (MZ), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES), Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT), Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (ES), Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre (ES), Departament de Salut (ES), Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre (ES), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (ES), Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud (ES), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (ES), Manhiça Health Research Centre (MZ), Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES), Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (FR), Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ES), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (ES), Autorité de sûreté nucléaire et de radioprotection (FR), Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
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