ReviewCurrent opinion in pulmonary medicine2019
Computed tomography scan contribution to the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia.
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- Paradoxical Acute Hypoxemic Deterioration During Treatment of Bilateral Bronchopneumonia: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Diagnostic discordance and differential diagnoses of community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Article
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- Differential diagnosis in patients with both features of pneumonia and pulmonary edema on chest computed tomography.Medicine · 2025Observational
- Cost effectiveness of imaging strategies in the emergency department for the diagnostic workup of community-acquired pneumonia: a real-life retrospective study.Health economics review · 2025Article
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- Molecular characterization of cell decay in inflammation and topological assignment of released cfDNA for integrative laboratory and radiological outcome assessment.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- A Review on Risk Factors, Traditional Diagnostic Techniques, and Biomarkers for Pneumonia Prognostication and Management in Diabetic Patients.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Can clinicians identify community-acquired pneumonia on ultralow-dose CT? A diagnostic accuracy study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2024Article
- XRayWizard: Reconstructing 3-D lung surfaces from a single 2-D chest x-ray image via Vision Transformer.Medical physics · 2024Article
- Artificial intelligence for segmentation and classification of lobar, lobular, and interstitial pneumonia using case-specific CT information.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Ten Issues for Updating in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: An Expert Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Advancements in the Management of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Comprehensive Narrative Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Organizational Benefits of Ultra-Low-Dose Chest CT Compared to Chest Radiography in the Emergency Department for the Diagnostic Workup of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Real-Life Retrospective Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Bacterial profile and their antimicrobial resistance patterns among patients with community-acquired pneumonia in southwestern Iran.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2023Article
- Developing a diagnosis calculator to estimate the probability of bacterial pneumonia.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2023Article
- A novel infrasound and audible machine-learning approach to the diagnosis of COVID-19.ERJ open research · 2022Article
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- Machine learning-assisted prediction of pneumonia based on non-invasive measures.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewPneumonia 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. Overdiagnosis of pneumonia leads to inappropriate antibiotic use and may delay the appropriate management of mimicking diseases. Alternative imaging strategies including computed tomography (CT)-scan or lung ultrasonography may improve the diagnosis of pneumonia. We review the recent evidence and perspectives regarding their contribution to the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected pneumonia. RECENT
findingsTwo studies assessed the diagnostic accuracy of CT-scan in emergency department or hospitalized patients suspected of pneumonia. CT-scan led to a net reclassification improvement of 8 and 18% of patients, and was particularly helpful to rule out the diagnosis, allowing a lowering of the number of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions. SUMMARY: CT-scan reduces overdiagnosis of pneumonia and allows a better identification of alternative diagnoses. The impact on clinical outcomes of a strategy incorporating CT-scan for patients suspected of pneumonia should be evaluated, along with its cost-effectiveness.
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