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cord-336843-c0sr3six	Gerritsen, M. G.	Improving early diagnosis of pulmonary infections in patients with febrile neutropenia using low-dose chest computed tomography	2017-02-24		.txt	text/plain	4321	239	49	title: Improving early diagnosis of pulmonary infections in patients with febrile neutropenia using low-dose chest computed tomography We performed a prospective study in patients with chemotherapy induced febrile neutropenia to investigate the diagnostic value of low-dose computed tomography compared to standard chest radiography. Two studies comparing LDCT to CXR in patients with persistent febrile neutropenia demonstrated an increased detection of pulmonary abnormalities. The diagnosis of possible IFD in the patient with a negative LDCT scan was based on abnormalities on HRCT made on day 4 of fever. We conducted a prospective study to evaluate whether pulmonary focus detection would improve using a LDCT scan instead of CXR on the first day of febrile neutropenia. [3] In a retrospective study 1083 adult SCT patients were evaluated, but in none of the 242 CXRs performed in asymptomatic patients with febrile neutropenia pulmonary abnormalities indicative of infection were detected.	./cache/cord-336843-c0sr3six.txt	./txt/cord-336843-c0sr3six.txt