Computed tomography scan contribution to the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia
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High-resolution computed tomography for the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia.
We compared high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) with chest radiography (CR) to determine if there is any advantage to using HRCT in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Simultaneously obtained chest radiographs were compared with HRCT scans for 47 patients with clinical symptoms and signs suspicious for CAP, HRCT identified all 18 CAP cases (38.3%) apparent on radiographs...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1070-5287
DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000567