Selected article for: "chest radiography and CT role"
Author: Sugishita, Keiji; Saito, Toshiaki; Asayama, Yukino; Iwamoto, Takashi
Title: Risk factors for detection failures of chest radiography in diagnosing pneumonia
  • Document date: 2017_6_21
    • ID: ju7553s6_2
    Snippet: Japanese guidelines on imaging diagnosis for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have given a grade C recommendation (lacking direct evidence) for the use of CT only in situations where CRs are negative for the presence of pneumonia despite a strong clinical suspicion. 2 According to the British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of CAP, CT currently has no routine role in the investigation of CAP. 3 There are several studies that repo.....
    Document: Japanese guidelines on imaging diagnosis for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have given a grade C recommendation (lacking direct evidence) for the use of CT only in situations where CRs are negative for the presence of pneumonia despite a strong clinical suspicion. 2 According to the British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of CAP, CT currently has no routine role in the investigation of CAP. 3 There are several studies that reported the superiority of CT to chest radiography for detecting pneumonia. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Although CT is more sensitive in diagnosing pneumonia and may be more specific for certain pathogens than chest radiography, objective guidelines regarding its indication are lacking. 10 Furthermore, whether CT improves the prognosis of pneumonia patients has not been revealed.

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