Computed tomography scan contribution to the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Pneumonia is a frequent disease mainly affecting older and multimorbid patients. Symptoms and signs lack sensitivity and specificity, and chest X-ray has poor accuracy. Hence, an initial diagnosis of pneumonia has limited predictive value for the presence of pneumonia. Overdiagnos...

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Autores principales: Garin, Nicolas, Marti, Christophe, Scheffler, Max, Stirnemann, Jérôme, Prendki, Virginie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2019
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Edited by Michael S. Niederman and Alimuddin Zumla
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6455090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30730311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MCP.0000000000000567

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6455090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30730311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MCP.0000000000000567

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