CT and chest radiography are equally sensitive in the detection of pneumothorax after CT-guided pulmonary interventional procedures
| Autor: | William Small, R D Wichman, M Chalif, Michael E. Bernardino, F B Murphy |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Radiography Predictive Value of Tests Biopsy medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Biopsy Needle Respiratory disease Pneumothorax Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Predictive value of tests Drainage Female Tomography Radiology Tomography X-Ray Computed business Complication |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Roentgenology. 154:45-46 |
| ISSN: | 1546-3141 0361-803X |
| DOI: | 10.2214/ajr.154.1.2104723 |
| Popis: | Pneumothorax is the most common complication after CT-guided pulmonary interventional procedures and should be promptly diagnosed and treated. Because it is easier to obtain CT scans than chest radiographs after CT-guided interventional procedures, it is important to know the sensitivity of CT in detecting pneumothoraces. To determine the sensitivity of CT for detecting procedure-induced pneumothoraces, we retrospectively reviewed 70 pulmonary interventional procedures performed under CT guidance. The sensitivity for detecting pneumothoraces with CT was compared with the detection rate with expiratory chest radiographs. Thirty-two (46%) of 70 procedures resulted in pneumothorax. Twenty-nine (91%) of the pneumothoraces were detected on CT scans and 27 (84%) were detected on chest radiographs. The difference between these two detection rates was not statistically significant (p less than .90). We conclude that postprocedure CT scans can replace expiratory chest radiographs for the detection of pneumothoraces after CT-directed pulmonary procedures. |
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