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.
Beall
D P
DP
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Scott
W W
WW
Kuhlman
J E
JE
Hofmann
L V
LV
Moore
R D
RD
Mundy
L M
LM
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*