Imaging of pneumonia: Trends and algorithms

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 196-208

  Franquet, T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; Diagnosis; G thorax; Pneumonia; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LOBE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034907669     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.00213501     Document Type: Article

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