Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30859388›Full record

ArticleLa Radiologia medica2019

Management of incidental pulmonary nodule in CT: a survey by the Italian College of Chest Radiology.

Cristiano Rampinelli, Giuseppe Cicchetti, Giancarlo Cortese, Roberta Polverosi, Alessandra Farchione, Roberto Iezzi, Chiara Romei, Adele Valentini, Giampaolo Gavelli, Maurizio Zompatori and 4 more

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in La Radiologia medica, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Incidental Pulmonary Nodules: What Should We Do in 2026?Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2026
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Observational
  4. Pre-TAVI imaging: an Italian survey by the CT PRotocol optimization (CT-PRO) group.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2024
    Article
  5. Review
  6. Incidental Pulmonary Nodules - What Do We Know in 2022.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2022
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 10 institutions in 1 country.

Cristiano RampinelliDipartimento di Immagini e Scienze Radiologiche, IEO, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia IRCCS, Milano, Via Giuseppe Ripamonti 435, 20141, Milan, Italy. cristiano.rampinelli@ieo.it.
Giuseppe CicchettiDipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia oncologica ed Ematologia, Istituto di Radiologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8714-3124
Giancarlo CorteseServizio di Radiologia, Ospedale Maria Vittoria - ASL Città di Torino, Via Cibrario 72, 10143, Turin, Italy.
Roberta PolverosiAffidea-IDA Padova, Via Cavazzana 19, 35123, Padua, Italy.
Alessandra FarchioneDipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia oncologica ed Ematologia, Istituto di Radiologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5504-5340
Roberto IezziDipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia oncologica ed Ematologia, Istituto di Radiologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Chiara RomeiDipartimento Diagnostica e Immagini, U.O. Radiodiagnostica 2, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy.
Adele ValentiniDipartimento di Radiologia/Diagnostica per Immagini, Istituto di Radiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Camillo Golgi 19, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Giampaolo GavelliIstituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) Srl - IRCCS, Via Piero Maroncelli 40, 47014, Meldola, FC, Italy.
Maurizio ZompatoriDipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Ospedale San Giuseppe, IRCCS Multimedica, Via San Vittore 12, 20123, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1823-9955
Lorenzo BonomoDipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia oncologica ed Ematologia, Istituto di Radiologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Nicola SverzellatiUnità Operativa Complessa di 'Scienze Radiologiche', Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Parma - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Padiglione Barbieri, Via A. Gramsci 14, 43126, Parma, Italy.
Carmelo PriviteraP.O. Vittorio Emanuele, Radiodiagnostica, Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele", Via Plebiscito, 628, 95124, Catania, Italy.
Anna Rita LariciDipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia oncologica ed Ematologia, Istituto di Radiologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1882-6244
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana · ITAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITIstituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori · ITOspedale di Parma · ITOspedale Maria Vittoria · ITOspedale San Giuseppe · ITPoliclinico San Matteo Fondazione · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe aim of this study is to present the results of the Italian survey on the management of pulmonary nodules incidentally identified at computed tomography (CT). MATERIALS AND

methodsAn online electronic survey, consisting of 23 multiple-choice questions, was created using the SurveyMonkey web-based tool. The questionnaire was developed by the Board of the Italian College of Chest Radiology of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM) and by an experienced group of Italian Academic Chest Radiologists. The link to the online electronic survey was submitted by email to all the SIRM members.

resultsA total of 767 radiologists, corresponding to 7.5% of all the SIRM members, participated in the online survey. The majority of participants (92%) routinely describe the attenuation of pulmonary nodules in the report, and 84.1% recommend the further follow-up, with 92.7% of respondents taking CT nodule morphological features into consideration. The 57.7% of participants adhere to the Fleischner Society guidelines for the management of incidental pulmonary nodules. However, 56.6% and 75.6% of respondents have a more cautious approach than that recommended by the guidelines and tend to use a shorter follow-up for both solid and ground-glass nodules, respectively. Finally, 94.5% of participants favor congresses and refresher courses dedicated to insights on lung nodule diagnosis and management.

conclusionsThis survey demonstrates that the management of pulmonary nodules incidentally detected on CT is still complex and controversial. The majority of SIRM members express a need for an update on this topic.

Indexed as

FemaleGuideline AdherenceHumansImage-Guided BiopsyIncidental FindingsItalyLung NeoplasmsMalePractice Patterns, Physicians'Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-AssistedSolitary Pulmonary NoduleSurveys and QuestionnairesTomography, X-Ray ComputedChest radiologyComputed tomographyItalian surveyManagementPulmonary nodule

Identifiers

PMID30859388
OpenAlexW2921913148

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.