Use of Pulmonary Computed Tomography for Evaluating Suspected Stroke-Associated Pneumonia

Accurate and timely diagnosis of pneumonia complicating stroke remains challenging and the diagnostic accuracy of chest X-ray (CXR) in the setting of stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is uncertain. The overall objective of this study was to evaluate the use of pulmonary computed tomography (CT) in diagnosis of suspected SAP.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - April 16, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Amit K. Kishore, Anand Devaraj, Andy Vail, Kirsty Ward, Philip G. Thomas, Dwaipayan Sen, Alex Procter, Maychaw Win, Natasha James, Christine Roffe, Andreas Meisel, Mark Woodhead, Craig J. Smith Source Type: research