STATE OF THE ART USAGE OF RADIOLOGICAL AND ACOUSTIC METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMONIA, INCLUDING THOSE CAUSED BY SARS-COV-2 VIRUS, IN CHILDREN. Review

Relevance. Pneumonia is an actual problem of practical medicine. Diagnosis of pneumonia is quite complex and requires a comprehensive study, taking into account both clinical symptoms and the results of paraclinical research methods. Objective. The aim of the work is to generalize the data of the literature and our own experience of modern radiological and acoustic methods of pneumonia diagnosis. Methods. Analysis of scientific publications in the international electronic scientometric databases Scopus, PubMed by keywords. Search depth – 15 years (2007-2021). Results. The article summarizes its own data and presents a scientific review of the medical literature, which is devoted to the analysis of the problem of diagnosing pneumonia at different stages of treatment. Indications and contraindications to use, advantages and disadvantages of X-ray method, CT method and ultrasound diagnostics are described. The characteristic of a new method of hardware diagnostics which without external irradiation gives the chance to carry out primary acoustic remote diagnostics of pneumonia is resulted. Conclusion. Today there is a wide range of instrumental methods of studying the respiratory system that allow accurate diagnosis, but have some limitations in use in clinical practice, in particular in pediatrics. Promising is the development of new acoustic methods that have high diagnostic value, lack of additional radiation and contraindications.