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- Document 0688
- DOCN M9620688
- TI Acute lung disease in the immunocompromised host. Diagnostic accuracy of
- the chest radiograph.
- DT 9602
- AU Logan PM; Primack SL; Staples C; Miller RR; Muller NL; Department of
- Radiology, University of British Columbia,; Vancouver, Canada.
- SO Chest. 1995 Nov;108(5):1283-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96064611
- AB PURPOSE: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of the chest radiograph in
- the evaluation of acute pulmonary complications in immunocompromised
- patients. METHODS: The study included the chest radiographs in 149
- consecutive acute pulmonary complications seen in immunocompromised
- patients in whom a definitive diagnosis was made. Twenty-four
- complications were in patients with AIDS and 125 were in non-AIDS
- patients. The radiographs were separately reviewed in random order by
- two independent observers. The observers assessed pattern and
- distribution of radiographic findings and recorded their first-choice
- diagnosis. RESULTS: The most common complication in patients with AIDS
- was Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (n = 21). In the non-AIDS patients,
- the most common complications included invasive aspergillosis (n = 25),
- drug reaction (n = 21), and Pneumocystis pneumonia (n = 20). A correct
- first-choice diagnosis was made in 90% of patients with AIDS and 34% of
- non-AIDS patients. IN AIDS patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia, the
- correct first-choice diagnosis was made in 41 of 42 (98%) readings by
- the two observers. In non-AIDS patients with invasive pulmonary
- aspergillosis, drug reaction, and Pneumocystis pneumonia, the correct
- first-choice diagnosis was made in 38%, 26%, and 43% of readings,
- respectively. CONCLUSION: The chest radiograph is helpful in the
- differential diagnosis of acute lung disease in the immunocompromised
- host, particularly in patients with AIDS.
- DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS Acute Disease
- Adolescence Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Female Human
- *Immunocompromised Host Lung
- Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/IMMUNOLOGY/*RADIOGRAPHY Male Middle Age
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY Predictive
- Value of Tests JOURNAL ARTICLE
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- SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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