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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...
Autores principales: | Garin, Nicolas, Marti, Christophe, Scheffler, Max, Stirnemann, Jérôme, Prendki, Virginie |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2019
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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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