Utilization of computed tomography in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia.
The objective of the study was to assess the frequency of the use of chest computed tomography in 385 adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia and determine whether the computed tomography examinations yielded additional diagnostic information. Also, if additional information was obtained, the study determined whether it changed the patient's treatment plan.
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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DP
Beall
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Scott
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Kuhlman
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LV
Hofmann
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Moore
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Mundy
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*