Impact of bedside lung ultrasound on physician clinical decision-making in an emergency department in Nepal

Table 2 Pre- and post-test diagnoses

Pre-test diagnosis	Post-test diagnosis	N
Change in diagnosis		124 (44.3%)
Pneumonia	No pneumonia: viral or other febrile illness	58
Pneumonia	COPD	10
COPD	Pneumonia	28
COPD	Heart failure	4
Enteric fever	Pneumonia	2
Asthma	Pneumonia	3
Heart failure	COPD	2
Heart failure	Pneumonia	5
Viral respiratory illness	Pneumonia	3
Pleural effusion	Pneumonia	4
Pleural effusion	Normal	1
Pneumothorax	Normal	2
Pulmonary contusion	Normal	2
No change in diagnosis		156 (55.7%)
Pneumonia	Pneumonia	110
COPD	COPD	14
Asthma	Asthma	2
Heart failure	Heart failure	12
Viral respiratory illness	Viral respiratory illness	12
Pneumothorax	Pneumothorax	3
End stage renal disease/fluid overload	End stage renal disease/fluid overload	2
Pleural effusion	Pleural effusion	1

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