Table 3.
QUADAS-2 quality assessments of evaluated studies.
| Study, Year [Ref] | Risk of Bias | Applicability Concerns | Comments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Selection | Index Test | Comparator test | Flow and Timing | Patient Selection | Index Test | Comparator Test | ||
| Bedetti et al., 2006 [18] | unclear | unclear | unclear | low | low | low | low | |
| Kajimoto et al., 2012 [19] | unclear | low | low | low | low | low | low | |
| Lisi et al., 2012 [20] | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | X-ray followed by hand-held US |
| Cogliati et al., 2014 [21] | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | A short-trained physician, who underwent two sessions of 3h each for recognition of B-lines |
| Filopei et al., 2014 [22] | low | high | low | low | low | low | low | Brief report |
| Platz et al., 2015 [23] | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | |
| Sforza et al., 2017 [24] | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | |
| Phillips and Manning, 2017 [25] | low | low | unclear | unclear | low | low | low | Different results reported in the abstract and in the body of the manuscript |
| Bobbia et al., 2018 [26] | low | high | unclear | low | low | low | low | |
| Bensted et al., 2018 [27] | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | 17 patients with pneumothorax |
| Lima et al., 2019 [28] | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | |
| Newhouse et al., 2020 [29] | low | low | low | low | low | low | low | |
| Jalil et al., 2020 [30] | high | low | low | low | low | low | low | |
| Dini et al., 2020 [31] | low | low | low | unclear | low | low | low | |
| Bennett et al., 2021 [32] | unclear | low | low | low | low | low | low | Two different operators, both experts in lung ultrasound |