Follow-up of incidental pulmonary nodules and the radiology report

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 378-383

  Blagev, Denitza P ^a,b   Lloyd, James F ^c   Conner, Karen ^a   Dickerson, Justin ^a   Adams, Daniel ^a   Stevens, Scott M ^a,b   Woller, Scott C ^a,b   Evans, R Scott ^c   Elliott, C Gregory ^a,b  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT chest; CT pulmonary angiography; Fleischner society guidelines; follow up; incidental pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FLEISCHNER SOCIETY GUIDELINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INCIDENTAL PULMONARY NODULE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RADIOLOGIST; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTAH;

EID: 84898598690     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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