ROLE OF CHEST HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN CHARACTERIZATION OF ATYPICAL LUNG INFECTIONS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS | ||
| ALEXMED ePosters | ||
| Article 207, Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 38-39 | ||
| Document Type: Preliminary preprint short reports of original research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/alexpo.2021.92848.1259 | ||
| Author | ||
| Heba Ahmed Mahmoud rezk* | ||
| Department of Radiodiagnosis ,Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| • Chest infection is the second most common nosocomial infection in intensive care units. It is associated with the greatest mortality among nosocomial infections. • Atypical pneumonia is applied to the clinical and radiographic appearance of lung infection not behaving or looking like that caused by Streptococcus pneumonia. • Atypical chest infection usually presents with atypical chest symptoms and the etiologic pathogen could be either a bacterial, viral or fungal infection • Diagnostic imaging plays an important role in the initial diagnosis of atypical pneumonia. It has an advantage in the assessment of lesions type, and cross-sectional distribution of pneumonia in ICU patients METHODS All patients were subjected to the following scheme after admission to intensive care unit department: • A focused history and physical examination. • Laboratory studies: BAL/Culture-sensitivity results, viral serology tests or other inflammatory markers such as CRP or pro-calcitonin such as urine analysis and complete blood count. Imaging evaluation including: chest X ray ostero-anterior and lateral view whenever indicating and in good quality and High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) without contrast , Contrast administration only when indicated | ||
| Keywords | ||
| ATYPICAL; LUNG; INFECTIONS | ||
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