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Early chest CT-scan in emergency patients affected by community-acquired pneumonia is associated with improved diagnosis consistency

Chest CT-scan (CT) exceeds chest X-ray (CXR) to diagnose community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) but actual use and results remain unclear. We examine whether CT performed at ED visit improved ED diagnosis of CAP as compared to a final diagnosis of CAP at hospital discharge (gold standard diagnosis for t...

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Autores principales: Claessens, Yann-Erick, Berthier, Frédéric, Baqué-Juston, Marie, Perrin, Christophe, Faraggi, Marc, Keita-Perse, Olivia, Duval, Xavier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9605193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35762442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000955