Diagnostic Value of Chest X-Ray in Patients With Suspected Infection and No Respiratory Signs or Symptoms

Suspicion of an infection without localizing signs or symptoms is a common problem. A chest x-ray (CXR) is often performed to rule out pneumonia. Our prospective cross-sectional study suggests that a CXR has no diagnostic value in patients without respiratory signs or symptoms, if a reliable medical...

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Autores principales: de Stoppelaar, Sacha F, Pereverzeva, Liza, Hafkamp, Bram, Lips, Nikki, Tielbeke, Floor, Rustenburg, Linde, Hoogerheide-Wiegerinck, Caroline, de Heer, Koen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32617380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa221
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author de Stoppelaar, Sacha F
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de Heer, Koen
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Pereverzeva, Liza
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description Suspicion of an infection without localizing signs or symptoms is a common problem. A chest x-ray (CXR) is often performed to rule out pneumonia. Our prospective cross-sectional study suggests that a CXR has no diagnostic value in patients without respiratory signs or symptoms, if a reliable medical history can be obtained.
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spelling pubmed-73145822020-07-01 Diagnostic Value of Chest X-Ray in Patients With Suspected Infection and No Respiratory Signs or Symptoms de Stoppelaar, Sacha F Pereverzeva, Liza Hafkamp, Bram Lips, Nikki Tielbeke, Floor Rustenburg, Linde Hoogerheide-Wiegerinck, Caroline de Heer, Koen Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report Suspicion of an infection without localizing signs or symptoms is a common problem. A chest x-ray (CXR) is often performed to rule out pneumonia. Our prospective cross-sectional study suggests that a CXR has no diagnostic value in patients without respiratory signs or symptoms, if a reliable medical history can be obtained. Oxford University Press 2020-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7314582/ /pubmed/32617380 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa221 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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de Stoppelaar, Sacha F
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Hoogerheide-Wiegerinck, Caroline
de Heer, Koen
Diagnostic Value of Chest X-Ray in Patients With Suspected Infection and No Respiratory Signs or Symptoms
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title_short Diagnostic Value of Chest X-Ray in Patients With Suspected Infection and No Respiratory Signs or Symptoms
title_sort diagnostic value of chest x-ray in patients with suspected infection and no respiratory signs or symptoms
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa221
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