Chest CT: Sensitivity and Specificity
Introduction:
None written. Excerpt from the entry in Emphysema:
Study population: patients with CT, CXR, and PFTs done within a short timespan (virtually all smokers). Standard was decreased diffusion capacity and airway obstruction by PFTs. Note that these findings were also found in 69% of patients in this study with normal PFTs.
Study population: patients with CT, CXR, and PFTs done within a short timespan (virtually all smokers). Standard was decreased diffusion capacity and airway obstruction by PFTs. Note that these findings were also found in 69% of patients in this study with normal PFTs.
Associated Diagnoses:
96% sensitive
59% sensitive, 64% specific
44% sensitive, 98% specific
94% sensitive, 65% specific
54% sensitive, 91% specific
100% sensitive, 98% specific
Accuracy not specified